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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 1,651,859 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Mohammed Zahir Shah is the 565th most popular politician (up from 1,362nd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 565 out of 15,577. Before him are Manuel I of Portugal, Thutmose I, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Mustafa IV, Georges Clemenceau, and George IV of the United Kingdom. After him are Kim Dae-jung, Valerian, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Friedrich Ebert, Maximian, and Yeongjo of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 6. Before him are Louis de Funès, Yuri Andropov, Tove Jansson, Thor Heyerdahl, and Hedy Lamarr. After him are Tenzing Norgay, Marguerite Duras, Jiang Qing, Michael Wittmann, Aribert Heim, and Alec Guinness. Among people deceased in 2007, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 5. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Ingmar Bergman, Luciano Pavarotti, and Michelangelo Antonioni. After him are Jean Baudrillard, Marcel Marceau, Kurt Waldheim, Carlo Ponti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ève Curie, and Paul Tibbets.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 5 out of 145. Before him are Rumi (1207), Al-Farabi (872), Hamid Karzai (1957), and Abbas the Great (1571). After him are Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), and Amanullah Khan (1892).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah ranks 3. Before him are Hamid Karzai (1957) and Abbas the Great (1571). After him are Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Amanullah Khan (1892), Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Babrak Karmal (1929).

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