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AFGHANISTAN

The Barakzai Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1929 - 1933 H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of the God granted Kingdom of Afghanistan and its dependencies. b. at Dehra Dun, India, 9^th April 1883, second son of Colonel Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan, of the Telai family, by his wife, Shahzadi Sharaf Sultana Hukumat Begum, daughter of Shahzada 'Ali Ahmad Khan Bahadur, of the Durrani dynasty, educ. privately in India. Returned to Afghanistan and entered the Afghan Army, Col Household Cavalry Regt 1901-1905, prom Brig-Gen 1906, GOC Southern Provinces 1908-1911, prom Maj-Gen 1909, GOC Kabul 1911-1913, prom Lieut-Gen 1912, C-in-C 1913-1919, prom Gen 1914, Cdr at Khost during the Third Afghan War 1919, Minister for War 1919-1922 and 1922-1924, ADC to King Amanu'llah 1924, Envoy Extr and Minister Plenipotentiary to France 1924-1926. Returned to Afghanistan in 1929 and took charge of the Royalist forces. Proclaimed as King of Afghanistan, at Kabul, 16^th October 1929 (confirmed by a Loya Jurga in September 1930). Installed at the Salamkhana-i-Khas, Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 17^th October 1929. Founder of the Nishan-i-Salar (the Order of the Leader) in five classes in 1932. Rcvd: the Collar of the Order of the Supreme Sun (1921), and the Orders of the Leader 1^st class (1919), and Independence 1^st class (1924), the Grand Collar of the Order of the Crown of Iran, and GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (1926). m. as his only wife, H.M. Queen Mah Parwar Begum (d. at Tehran, Persia, 13^th December 1941), third daughter of H.E. Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan, by his second wife, Murwarid Begum, a Babakar Khel. He d. from wounds received from an assassin's bullets, at the Dilkusha Palace, Kabul, 8^th November 1933 (bur. there at the King Nadir Shah Mausoleum), having had issue, two sons and five daughters:
- 1) Sardar Muhammad Tahir Khan. He d.v.p. at Paris aged 18, before 1929.
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1933 - [2007] H.M. al-Mutawakkil 'ala Allah, Pairaw ud-din-i-Matin-i-Islam, Baba-i-millat-i-Afghan Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of the God granted Kingdom of Afghanistan and its dependencies, Royal Victorian Chain (7.12.1971). b. at Kabul, 15^th October 1914, second son of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, by his wife, H.M. Queen Mah Parwar Begum, educ. Habiba Coll and Istiqlal Sch, Kabul, at Lyceé Janson de Sailly, Lyceé Michelet, and Coll de Montpellier, France, and the Infantry Officers' Sch, Kabul. PC 1932, actg Minister for War 1932-1933, and actg. Minister for Education 1933. Succeeded on the death of his father, 8^th November 1933. Installed at the Salamkhana-i-Khas, Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 8^th November 1933. Deposed by his cousin, the Prime Minister Sardar Muhammad Daud, while absent in Europe for medical treatment, 17^th July 1973. He remained in exile in Italy and abdicated his regal rights to avoid bloodshed in Afghanistan, 24^th August 1973. Returned to Kabul following the expulsion of the Taliban and granted the personal title of Baba-i-millat-i-Afghan (or father of the Afghan nation) by the National Loya Jurga, 15^th June 2002 (confirmed by the constitution). Took up permanent residence at the Arg in Kabul, 4^th August 2002. Rcvd: Grand Collar of the Order of Pahlavi of Iran (x.3.1950), the Collars of the Orders of Muhammad ‘Ali (7.1.1947), and the Nile of Egypt (22.10.1960), Husain ibn Ali of the Jordan, and the Chrysanthemum of Japan (14.4.1969), GC of the Orders of the Legion of Honour of France (1.1.1950), Redeemer of Greece, Leopold of Belgium (mil), Merit of of the Federal Republic of Germany (special class) (7.8.1963), Merit of the Republic Italy with collar (1972), and the Cedars of the Lebanon, the Orders of the White Lion 1^st class with collar of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavian Grand Star (1.11.1960), the Order of Pakistan (Nishan-i-Pakistan) (1.2.1958), the Grand Orders of the Hashimites of Iraq, and Mughanwa of Korea. m. 16^th November 1930 (nikah) and at Qawmi Bagh, Kabul, 7^th November 1931 (zifaf), as his only wife, H.M. Queen Humaira Begum (b. 1918; d. at Rome, Italy, 26^th June 2002, bur. King Nadir Shah Mausoleum, Tapa Maranjan, Kabul), rcvd: the Order of the Supreme Sun (8.11.1933), GC of the Orders of Merit of of the Federal Republic of Germany (7.8.1963), the Precious Crown of Japan (14.4.1969), and the Order of Pleides of Iran, eldest daughter of his maternal uncle, Colonel H.H. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan, sometime Minister of the Royal Court, by his first wife Zarin Begum, eldest daughter of General H.E. Loinab Khushdil Khan, sometime Governor of Kabul and Kandahar. He d. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 27^th July 2007 (bur. there at the King Nadir Shah Mausoleum, Tapa Maranjan), having had issue, five sons and two daughters:

1) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Akbar Khan. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 4^th August 1933, educ. Istiqlal Sch, Kabul. Heir Apparent at brith. He d. at Kabul, 26^th November 1942.

2) H.R.H. Crown Prince Ahmad Shah Khan [Ahmad Shah Zahir], Head of the Royal House of Afghanistan - see below.

3) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Nadir Khan. b. 21^st May 1941, educ. Istiqlal Sch, and Military Acad, Kabul. Cmsnd as 2nd Lieut Royal Afghan Army 1/8/1963. Persian classical scholar and musician, expert in the sitar. Deputy Ambassador to Turkmenistan 2002. m. (first) at the Chilstoon Palace, Kabul, 6^th February 1964 (nikah) and at the Dilkusha Palace, Kabul, 7^th February 1964 (henna), H.R.H. Princess Lailuma Begum (b. 1942), daughter of Mir Muhammad Haidar Husseini, sometime Minister for the National Economy, by his wife, Habiba Begum, fifth daughter of General H.H. Sardar Muhammad Sulaiman Khan, sometime Governor of Herat and Badakhshan. m. (second) ... He had issue, two sons by his first wife:

a) H.R.H. Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan [Mostapha Zahir]. b. at Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 2^nd May 1964 (s/o Lailuma), educ. Rome, Vienna, London and at Queen’s Univ, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Co-Founder Afghan Medical Relief Organization (AMRO), Diplomatic Assist to King Muhammad Zahir Shah 1991-2000, Special Assist & COS 2000-2002, Ambassador to Italy 2002-2005, Dir-Gen National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since 2005. Mbr International Cttee of the Afghan World Fndn.

b) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Daud Jan [Daud Zahir]. b. at Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 17^th January 1966 (s/o Lailuma). Photographer in London.

4) H.R.H. Prince Shah Mahmud Khan. b. 15^thNovember 1946, educ. Habiba High Sch, Kabul, and Oxford Univ. Joined Ministry of Foreing Affairs in Kabul, later a businessman. m. (first) at Gulkhana Palace, Kabul, 18^th April 1966, H.R.H. Princess Mahboub Begum, eighth daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safura Begum, Qamar ul-Banat, younger daughter of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin, Habibu’llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG. m. (second) ... He d. from cancer at Rome, Italy, 7^th December 2002 (bur. King Nadir Shah Mausoleum, Tapa Maranjan, Kabul), having had issue, two daughters by his first wife:

a) H.R.H. Princess Bilqis Khanum [Belquis Zahir]. b. at London, 1966 (d/o Mahbuba), educ. in England. Interior designer and jeweller.

b) H.R.H. Princess Ariane Khanum [Ariane Zahir] (d/o Mahbuba)].

5) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Daud Pashtunyar Khan. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 17^thApril 1949, educ. Istiqlal Sch, and Military Acad, Kabul. Cmsnd as 2nd Lieut Royal Afghan Air Force, later a civil aviation pilot. m. at the Dilkusha Palace, Kabul, 2^nd February 1973, H.R.H. Princess Fatima Begum [Princess Fatima Aref Zaher] (b. 2^ndMay 1949), First Sec (Protocol, Financial Affairs & PR) Afghan Embassy in Rome since 2005, Chargé d’Affaires 2007, younger daughter of General H.E. Muhammad Aref Khan, sometime Ambassador to the USSR, by his wife, Amina Begum, eldest daughter of Brigadier Sardar Muhammad ‘Ali Khan. He d. 1980, having had issue, one son and one daughter:

a) H.R.H. Prince Duran Daud Khan [Doran Daoud Zaher]. b. at Kabul, 1974, educ. American Univ of Sharjah, UAE. Consultant GTZ Investments in Sharjah.

a) H.R.H. Princess Noal Khanum [Noal Zaher Shah] [H.R.H. The Princess of Sa’id]. b. at Rome, Italy, 6^th December 1978, educ. L’Institut Saint Dominique, Rome, Italy, and Webster Univ London (BBA). Designer. Dir Noal & Co Ltd 2001. Rcvd: the Decoration of al-Kemal in brilliants. m. at the Ciragan Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, 30^th August 2013, H.R.H. Prince Muhammad ‘Ali, Prince of Sa’id (b. at Cairo, Egypt, 5^th February 1979), elder son of H.M. Fu’ad II, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and of Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur, by his wife, Fadila, née Dominique-France Picard, daughter of Robert Picard. Se has issue, a twin son and daughter - see Egypt.

5) H.R.H. Prince Mir Wais Khan [Mirwais Zaher]. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 7^th January 1957, educ. Istiqlal Sch, Kabul, Harrow Sch, Mdsx, and the Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, Italy. Sometime PR official to financial institutions, Adviser to King Muhammad Zahir Shah 2000-2007, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Information & Culture since 2005. Chair National Cttee for the Preservation of Afghan Cultural Heritage. Hon Adviser to the Executive Cttee of the Bamiyan Afghanistan Laser Project. m. before the Secretary of State, at the Palazzo della Repubblica, San Marino, 30^thMay 2009 (civil) and at the Grand Mosque, Rome, Italy, 18^th October 2009 (relig), H.R.H. Princess Safya Zaher (b. at Geneva, Switzerland, September 1967), educ. Geneva Univ, Attaché at the Afghan Ministry of Culture & Information, sometime teacher, a Swiss citizen of Balkan and Afghan heritage who converted to Islam at Geneva Mosque, taking the name Safya June 2001.

1) H.R.H. Princess Bilqis Begum. b. 17^th April 1932, educ. Malalai Sch, Kabul. m. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 1952, Lieutenant-General H.R.H. Sardar 'Abdu'l Wali Khan, GCVO (b. 25^th March 1925; d. at New Delhi, India, 30^th June 2008), ADC General, and sometime Cdr Central Command, second son of Field Marshal H.R.H. Sardar Shah Wali Khan Ghazi, sometime Ambassador at the Court of St James's, by his wife, H.R.H. Princess Safia Begum, Samar ul-Siraj, daughter of H.M. Siraj ul-millat wa ud-din, Amir al-Mumenin, Habibu'llah Shah, Sarkar-i-Wala, King of Afghanistan, GCB, GCMG. She had issue, three daughters - see Afghanistan (Telai).

2) H.R.H Princess Maryam Begum. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 2^nd November 1936, educ. Malali Sch., Kabul. m. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 1960, Professor Sardar Muhammad Aziz Khan Naim (b. at Kabul, August 1935; k. at the Presidential Palace, Kabul, 27^th April 1978, bur. De Sabz), son of her grand uncle, H.R.H Sardar Muhammad Naim Khan, sometime Dep. Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, by his wife, H.R.H Princess Zuhra Begum, second daughter of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan. She had issue, one son - see Afghanistan (Telai).

[2007] H.R.H. Crown Prince Ahmad Shah Khan [Ahmad Shah Zaher], Head of the Royal House of Afghanistan. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 23^rd September 1934, second and eldest surviving son of H.M. al-Mutawakkil ‘ala Allah, Pairaw ud-din-i-Matin-i-Islam Baba-i-millat-i-Afghan Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of the God granted Kingdom of Afghanistan and its dependencies, by his wife, H.M. Queen Humaira, educ. Istiqlal High Sch and the Coll of Military Science, Kabul, Oxford Univ, and Inst d’études politiques de Paris (IEP), France. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Afghan Army 1956. He served as Regent several times during his father’s absences abroad. Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. Hon Presdt Afghan Red Crescent Soc (ARCS). Detained by Presdt Daud during his coup d’etat 17^th July 1973, but subsequently permitted to leave the country with 13 other members of the Royal Family and join the King in Rome, Italy. Author and poet settled in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Joint Special Representative from King Zahir Shah for negotiations with the Soviet authorities 1983. Accompanied his father on his return to Kabul 4^th August 2002. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Afghanistan, 27^th July 2007. Rcvd: the Order of the Supreme Sun, the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (Ojaswi Rajanya) of Nepal (1969), GC of the Orders of Pahlavi of Iran (7.11.1965), Merit of of the Federal Republic of Germany (15.3.1967), Chrysanthemum of Japan (18.5.1970), Renaissance of Jordan, etc. m. at the Chilstoon Palace, Kabul, 22^nd November 1961, H.R.H. Princess Khatul Begum [Khatol Zekria Zaher] (b. 1940), educ. Zarghoona Girls Sch, Kabul, First Vice-Presdt Cttee of Women’s Volunteers 1964-1973, rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 2^nd class of Iran (7.11.1965), GC of the Order of the Precious Crown of Japan (18.5.1970), etc, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Umar Khan Zekria, by his wife, H.R.H Princess Sultana Begum, fourth daughter of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:

1) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan [Zaher Zaher]. b. at the Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 26^th May 1962, educ. T.C. Williams High Sch, Alexandria, Virginia, and Temple Coll, Temple, Texas, USA. Settled in Springfield, Virgina, USA. m. (first) at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 14^th November 1986 (div. there at Alexandria, 16^th February 2005), Oshila Mahmud Ghazi (b. 30^th June 1958; m. second, at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 26^th April 2013, as his second wife, Charles Bryson Gurney), Snr Corporate Travel Consultant at PET in Washington DC, Corporate Travel Specialist at Connoisseur Travel Ltd 2011, now Snr Travel Consultant, Mbr American Soc of Travel Agents (ASTA), daughter of Major Sardar Shah ‘Abdu’l Azim Mahmud-Ghazi, by his wife, Zarmina Begum, daughter of H.R.H. Sardar Muhammad Naim Khan. m. (second) at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 4^th June 2009, Giti Nawabi (b. at Kabul, 22^nd January 1961), former wife of Khosrow Rezvankhoo, and daughter of Muhammad Naim Nawabi, sometime Station Mngr for Ariana Afghanistan Air at Kabul Airport, by his wife, Akila Z. Nawabi. He had issue, one daughter, by his first wife:
- a) H.R.H. Princess Roxanne Khanum [Mrs Roxanne Zaher Daniel]. b. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 24^th August 1988, educ. The State Univ of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook Univ) (BA 2010), and Christine Valmy International Sch of Esthetics, Skin Care, & Makeup, New York, USA. Artist, designer, illustrator and esthetician at JJ Eyelashes NYC 2010-2012, and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc 2012-2013, MD of RoxyGreetings in New York 2011. m. at New York City, USA, 11^th January 2015, Reny Rajan Daniel (b. Sep 1988), educ. The State Univ of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook Univ), and Touro Coll Sch of Health Sciences (2013), Manhattan, New York, USA, sometime Finance Officer in Dubai, later Sales Officer with Dollar Tree Stores Inc, now Physician Assist Specialist at Icahn Sch of Medicine, Mount Sinai, son of Rajan P Daniel, sometime Stores Maintenance Supervisor with New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by his wife, Sosamma [Susie] Rajan Daniel.
2) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Emel Khan [Emel Zaher] [Emel Jan]. b. at the Gulkhana Palace, Kabul, 17^th October 1969, educ. T.C. Williams High Sch, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

1) H.R.H. Princess Hawa Khanum [Hawa Zaher Nawaz]. b. at the Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 27^th October 1963, educ. Strayer Coll, Arlington, Cal Simmons Travel Sch, Alexandria, and Northern Virginia Community Coll (NOVA), Springfield, Virginia, USA. Settled in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Branch Ops Assist First Virginia Bank 1985-1990, Travel Assoc with Trans Am Travel 1990-1997, Sato Travel in Sterling 1997-1998, and Rosenbluth International in Vienna 1998-1999, Loan Officer Chesapeake Mortgage Financial Corp 1999-2000, Sales Agent Trans Am Travel 2000-2006, Loan Adviser Home 123 Mortgage 2006, and Security Home Funding 2008-2010, Registered Agent for Beltway Premier Sports & Entertainment since 2017. m. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 8^th February 1990 (div. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 28^th December 2002), Sultan Mahmud Nawaz (b. 10^th May 1963; m. second, at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 30^th September 2006, Cecilia Paola Ponce de Leon), son of Dr Muhammad Nawaz, of Alexandria, Virginia, USA, by his wife, Nazifa Jan Begum Ghazi Nawaz, sometime Presdt of Zaishgah Maternity Hospital and Chair Afghan Family Guidance Assoc (AFGA), daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar-i-Ala Muhammad Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, sometime Prime Minister of Afghanistan.

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