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Mohammed Zahir Shah

1914 - 2007

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Mohammad Zāhir Shāh (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. He expanded Afghanistan's diplomatic relations with many countries, including with both sides of the Cold War. In the 1950s, Zahir Shah began modernizing the country, culminating in the creation of a new constitution and a constitutional monarchy system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed Zahir Shah is the 848th most popular politician (up from 1,547th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Politician.

Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, ruling from 1933 to 1973. He was overthrown in a coup led by his cousin, Mohammed Daoud Khan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 848 out of 19,576. Before him are Clementine Churchill, Moctezuma II, Herod Agrippa II, Sennacherib, Roh Moo-hyun, and Hans Frank. After him are Augustus III of Poland, Kurt Waldheim, Ahmose I, Epaminondas, Atia, and Mary Simon.

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Among people born in 1914, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 8. Before him are Louis de Funès, Raymond Davis Jr., Hedy Lamarr, Tove Jansson, Alan Hodgkin, and Thor Heyerdahl. After him are Tyrone Power, Tenzing Norgay, Marguerite Duras, Julio Cortázar, Octavio Paz, and Richard Laurence Millington Synge. Among people deceased in 2007, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 6. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingmar Bergman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Michelangelo Antonioni. After him are Kurt Waldheim, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ève Curie, Jean Baudrillard, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Carlo Ponti.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 8 out of 177. Before him are Al-Farabi (872), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Roxana (-347), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), and Abbas the Great (1571). After him are Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), and Mohammad Najibullah (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 5. Before him are Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), and Abbas the Great (1571). After him are Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

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