Mohammad Zahir Shah
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Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghan
Zahir Shah in 1963
Studio photograph of Zahir Shah in military uniform, seated in a heavy, carved armchair (1930s)
Dinner in honour of King Mohammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan hosted by US President John F. Kennedy (1963)
Mohammad Zahir Shah and Marshal Tito in 1968
Humaira Begum
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Humaira Begum was the wife and first cousin of King Zahir and the last Queen of Afghanistan.
Mohammad Zahir Shah
…people of Afghanistan "with absolute majority welcomed a Republican regime". Zahir Shah lived in exile in Italy for 29 years alongside his wife Queen Humaira Begum and other royal family members. Initially, they lived in a three‐room apartment on Rome's Via Cassia. Relatives of the 1920s King Amanullah Khan, of…
Humaira Begum at the White House with her husband, King Zahir, 1963