Muhammed Nadir Khan

Prince Muhammad Nadir Khan is the fourth child of King Mohammed Zahir Shah of the Afghan, House of Barakzai.

Career

He was born 21st May 1941, and educated at the Istiqlal School in Kabul. He is a Persian classical scholar and expert in the sitar.

He was the Deputy Ambassador to Turkmenistan from 2002.

Family

Muhammad Nadir Khan married Princess Lailuma Begum, the daughter of Muhammad Haidar Husaini and his wife, Habiba Begum, at Kabul in 1964, and together they have two sons:

• Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan, born at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 2nd May 1964, and educated at Rome, Vienna, London and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

He is the Co-Founder of the Afghan Medical Relief Organization (AMRO),^[1] and was a Diplomatic Assist to King Muhammad Zahir Shah 1991-2002. He was Afghan Ambassador to Italy from 2002 to 2005, and has been Dir-Gen of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since 2005 and a member of the International Committee of the Afghan World Foundation.

• Prince Muhammad Daud Jan was born at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul on the 16th January 1966 and is a photographer in London.^[2]

Ancestry

References

1. ↑ Ludwig W. Adamec, Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan , Scarecrow Press, 2011 page 456
2. ↑ Royal Ark Webpage, Barak 15