Sardar Shah Wali Khan

Sardar Shah Wali Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه ولی خان)(b. April 16, 1888 - d. April 1977) also known as Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan Ghazi was a political and military figure in Afghanistan. He was one of the uncles of King Mohammad Zahir Shah and President Mohammed Daoud Khan. He was also brother of Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammed Nadir Shah and Mohammad Hashim Khan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was the father of His Royal Highness Lieutenant-General Sardar Abdul Wali Khan, senior cousin and adviser to king Mohammed Zahir Shah throughout their exile.

Career

Commander of Royal Bodyguard in 1906
Commander of Cavalry Corps in 1921
Equerry to King Amanullah Khan in 1924
Commander in chief of the army that defeated Habibullah Kalakani (also known as Bacha-ye Saqqow) and captured Kabul on 10 October 1929, for which he received the titles of Ghazi and Fateh Kabul ("Conqueror of Kabul").
Viceroy to King Nader Shah in 1929
Acting Minister for Defence from 1935 to 1936
Acting Prime Minister from 1936 to 1937
Ambassador to Pakistan from 1948 to 1949.^[4]

References

^ Dupree, Louis (1980). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 475, 498.
^ "The Royal Ark". http://www.royalark.net/Afghanistan/telai2.htm.
^ "Afghanistan History". http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/nadirshah.htm.
^ "The Royal Ark". http://www.royalark.net/Afghanistan/telai2.htm.

Persondata
Name	Khan, Sardar Shah Wali
Alternative names
Short description	Prime Minister and Field Marshal of Afghanistan
Date of birth	April 16, 1888
Place of birth
Date of death	April 1977
Place of death