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Sardar Shah Wali Khan

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Nationality
  
Afghan

Died
  
April 1977, Rome, Italy

Name
  
Sardar Wali

Religion
  
Muslim

Ethnicity
  
Pashtun


Sardar Shah Wali Khan

Born
  
1888
Afghanistan

Occupation
  
Army Officer, Home Minister, Diplomat

Known for
  
Military service, Leadership, Pashtunwali

Sardar Shah Wali Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه ولی خان)(April 16, 1888 – April 1977) also known as Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan Ghazi was a political and military figure in Afghanistan. He was a member of the Musahiban and uncle of King Mohammad Zahir Shah and President Mohammed Daoud Khan. He was full brother of Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammed Nadir Shah and half-brother of Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Khan.

He was the father of His Royal Highness Prince Lieutenant-General Sardar Abdul Wali Khan, senior cousin and power behind the throne of king Mohammed Zahir Shah during the 1963-1973 constitutional period and throughout their exile.

Career

  • Commander of Royal Bodyguard in 1906
  • Commander of Cavalry Corps in 1921
  • Equerry to King Amanullah Khan in 1924
  • Commander-in-chief of the army that defeated Habibullah Kalakani (also known as Bacha-ye Saqqow) and captured Kabul on 10 October 1929, for which he received the titles of Ghazi and Fateh Kabul ("Conqueror of Kabul").
  • Viceroy to King Nader Shah in 1929
  • Acting Minister for Defence from 1935 to 1936
  • Acting Prime Minister from 1936 to 1937
  • Ambassador to Pakistan from 1948 to 1949.

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