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Mohammad Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: محمد ظاهر شاه ; 15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the foundation of the Durrani Empire in the 18th century.
Apr 16, 2024 · Mohammad Zahir Shah was the king of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973, who provided an era of stable government to his country. The sons of Moḥammad Nāder Shah, Zahir and his brothers reasserted central government control during a period of anarchy and banditry in the late 1920s.
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Jul 24, 2007 · KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 — Mohammad Zahir Shah , the former king of Afghanistan, whose 40-year reign, which ended in 1973, was esteemed enough to earn him the title “father of the nation” in...
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Jul 23, 2007 · Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country's fragile course toward democracy, has died, President Hamid...
Jul 24, 2007 · KABUL, Afghanistan — The death of Afghanistan’s last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, plunged his battered country into mourning Monday and inspired a wave of nostalgia for better days.
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Jul 23, 2007 · KABUL, Afghanistan, July 23 — Mohammad Zahir Shah, the former king of Afghanistan whose 40-year reign, which ended in 1973, was esteemed enough to earn him the ceremonial title in the current...
Mohammad Zahir Shah, Last Afghan King, Dies at 92. The 40-year reign of the former king, which ended in 1973, was esteemed enough to earn him the title “father of the nation” in the current ...
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