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Ahmad Zahir

1946 - 1979

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Ahmad Zahir (Pashto/Dari: احمد ظاهر; 14 June 1946 – 14 June 1979) was an Afghan singer, songwriter and composer. Dubbed the "Elvis of Afghanistan", he is widely considered the all-time greatest singer of Afghanistan. The majority of his songs were in Dari followed by Pashto, with a few in Russian, Hindi and English. Zahir recorded at least 14 studio albums before his abrupt death on his 33rd birthday in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Zahir is the 543rd most popular singer (down from 485th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ahmad Zahir ranks 543 out of 4,381. Before him are Tino Rossi, Sam Smith, Freddy Quinn, Tracy Chapman, Shania Twain, and Neil Sedaka. After him are Angelica Catalani, Raina Kabaivanska, Massiel, Haris Alexiou, Evert Taube, and Michael Bolton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ahmad Zahir ranks 241. Before him are Héctor Lavoe, Dan McCafferty, Shujaat Hussain, Joe Dante, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and Nicolau dos Reis Lobato. After him are Jim Kelly, Klaus Wolfermann, Michael Ontkean, Lars-Emil Johansen, Mireya Moscoso, and Ismail Khan. Among people deceased in 1979, Ahmad Zahir ranks 85. Before him are Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Jan de Klerk, Santos Urdinarán, Jacques Mesrine, Larisa Shepitko, and Helmut Hasse. After him are Philippe Halsman, Yvonne de Gaulle, Antonio Caggiano, Waldemar de Brito, Dolores Costello, and Teruo Nakamura.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir ranks 76 out of 177. Before him are Sanai (1080), Al-Sijzi (945), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939), and Akhtar Mansour (1968). After him are Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Baysunghur (1397), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946).

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Among SINGERS In Afghanistan

Among singers born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Zahir ranks 1. After him are Aryana Sayeed (1970).

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