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Mohammed Zahir Shah

1914 - 2007

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Mohammad Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: محمد ظاهر شاه‎; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Zahir Shah has received more than 1,685,550 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Mohammed Zahir Shah is the 1,547th most popular politician (down from 564th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 5th 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 1,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Sunjo of Joseon, Bona Sforza, Otto of Bavaria, Béla III of Hungary, Bumin Qaghan, and Khaled Mashal. After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Soong Mei-ling, Temür Khan, Vallabhbhai Patel, Khasekhemwy, and Qutuz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 15. Before him are Michael Wittmann, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Alec Guinness, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Richard Widmark. After him are Bohumil Hrabal, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Romain Gary, William S. Burroughs, Willi Stoph, and Lída Baarová. Among people deceased in 2007, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 14. Before him are Ève Curie, Marcel Marceau, Anna Nicole Smith, Mstislav Rostropovich, Paul Tibbets, and Kurt Vonnegut. After him are Carlo Ponti, Sidney Sheldon, Benazir Bhutto, Kai Siegbahn, Maurice Béjart, and Ryszard Kapuściński.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 11 out of 177. Before him are Hamid Karzai (1957), Abu Dawood (817), Humayun (1508), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), and Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837). After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), and Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 5. Before him are Abbas the Great (1571), Hamid Karzai (1957), Humayun (1508), and Mahmud of Ghazni (971). After him are Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), and Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909).

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