Sardar Shah Wali Khan
Sardar Shah Wali Khan | |
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Military service, Leadership, Pashtunwali |
He was the father of Prince Lieutenant-General Sardar Abdul Wali Khan, senior cousin and power and 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.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Dupree, Louis (1980). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 475, 498.
- ^ "Afghanistan History". Archived from the original on October 26, 2005.
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