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Contents 1 Questionable claim about the fate of Mohammad Nadir Shah's assassin 2 Edits - August 8, 2007 3 refImprove tag... 4 Army

[edit] Questionable claim about the fate of Mohammad Nadir Shah's assassin

I am very familiar with this claim and know it to be quite false. The motives of the assassin as well as the punishment are far from the truth. The shooter was promised, by a family feuding with with the Musahiban brothers, their daughter's hand in marriage in exchange for the assassination. Only the student was executed, rather gruesomely. That much is true. The boy's family had nothing to do with the plot and they definitely were not harmed. The family involved in the plot was exiled. They were later granted amnesty and invited back to Afghanistan by Mohammad Zahir Shah. I have first hand accounts of this. I intend on removing this claim from the article if a solid, verifiable source is not provided.

Furthermore, I intend on removing all bias POV when I find the time. There is clearly plenty of that present in the article. Any thoughts?

--Khampalak 01:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edits - August 8, 2007

I have rewritten the paragraph about Nadir Shah's assassination. I've provided the two most widely known theories and have provided a reliable source. There is still much left to be done in terms of removing seemingly biased claims which lack reliable and verifiable sources. --Khampalak 02:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Removed the "self installed" bit. Most kings, by definition, are self-installed or self-imposed. The source I've provided suggests that he was actually reluctant to assume the title. --Khampalak 03:56, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Beh-nam, the text you added for his rise to power looks exactly like something that was removed a while ago. The sources I've read say nothing about a truce or signing an oath on the Quran. It does say that he was promised reprieve, but executed due to the demands of the tribal leaders in the army. I think that should be clarified. I can provide the exact text from my source. --Khampalak 04:04, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] refImprove tag...

Anoshirawan, you cannot simply delete this tag when another editor has inserted it. Do it again and I will report you. The article history documents everything you do. --Khampalak 18:54, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the tag should stay for now. --Behnam 19:04, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Army

The section on "Rule" seems to contradict itself about the army, saying that it remained weak, but that it put down all the rebels in just a year or two, and that the army grew to be 40,000 strong in three years! Do we have some citations for this? --Bejnar 16:36, 30 August 2007 (UTC)