Tenure 23 July 2007 – present House House of Barakzai Predecessor Mohammed Zahir Shah Name Ahmad Khan, | Successor Muhammad Zahir Khan Education University of Oxford Spouse Khatul Begum | |
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Born 23 September 1934 (age 89)
Kabul, Afghanistan ( 1934-09-23 ) Issue Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan
Prince Muhammad Emel Khan
Princess Hawa Khanum Parents Mohammed Zahir Shah, Humaira Begum Grandparents Mohammed Nadir Shah, Mah Parwar Begum, Zarin Begum Children Princess Hawa Khanum, Prince Muhammad Emel Khan, Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan Similar People Mohammed Zahir Shah, Humaira Begum, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Dost Mohammad Khan | ||
Great-grandparents Murwarid Begum | ||
Ahmad Shah, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (Pashto: أحمد شاه خان , born 23 September 1934 in Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul) is the second son of Mohammed Zahir Shah, the former King of Afghanistan.
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Biography
At the time of his birth he was second in the line of succession to the throne after his older brother Muhammed Akbar Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan. However following the death of his brother on 26 November 1942, he became first in the line of succession and the heir apparent and Crown Prince.
He attended Oxford University, the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and later spent time working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul.
His father's reign ended on 17 July 1973, when he was ousted by a coup with Afghanistan being declared a republic. The Crown Prince was one of fourteen members of the royal family arrested following the coup. He was allowed to leave the country for Rome on 26 July. Following the overthrow of the monarchy, the Crown Prince settled in Virginia, in the United States and took to writing poetry.
Since the death of his father on 23 July 2007, he is the oldest surviving male heir of the last king of Afghanistan.
Unlike his father, he does not possess the official title "Baba-i-Millet-i-Afghanistan" (Father of the Nation of Afghanistan).
Marriage and children
He was married at Kabul in 1961 to Princess Khatul Begum the daughter of Sardar Muhammad Umar Khan Zikeria, by his wife, Princess Sultana Begum. He has two sons and one daughter: