Sardar Shah Wali Khan

Sardar Shah Wali Khan
Photo of Sardar Shah Wali Khan and General Mohammed Asif Safi and then Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan in background
Born 1888
Afghanistan
Died April 1977
Nationality Afghan
Ethnicity Pashtun
Occupation Army Officer, Home Minister, Diplomat
Known for Military service, Leadership, Pashtunwali
Religion Muslim

Sardar Shah Wali Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه ولی خان)(April 16, 1888 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 full brother of Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammed Nadir Shah and half-brother of Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Khan.[1][2][3]

He was the father of His Royal Highness Prince Lieutenant-General Sardar Abdul Wali Khan, senior cousin and power behind the throne of king Mohammed Zahir Shah during the 1963-1973 constitutional period and throughout their exile.

Career

References

  1. Dupree, Louis (1980). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 475, 498.
  2. "The Royal Ark".
  3. "Afghanistan History".
  4. "The Royal Ark".


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