Zamina Begum
Mohammed Daoud Khan | |
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Born | 11 January 1917 Mohammed Zahir Shah (brother) |
Zamina Begum (11 January 1917 – 28 April 1978), also known as Zainab Begum, was an Afghan princess. She was the First Lady of Afghanistan in 1973–1978, as the wife of the first President of Afghanistan,
Life
She was the daughter of
Zamina Begum famously played a role in the women's emancipation policy of her husband's government, notably by appearing unveiled in public. The Prime Minister prepared women's emancipation carefully and gradually. He began by introducing women workers at the Radio Kabul in 1957, by sending women delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Kairo, and by employing forty girls to the government pottery factory in 1958.[1] When this was met with no riots, the government decided it was time for the very controversial step of unveiling.[1]
In August 1959, on the second day of the festival of Jashn-e-Esteqlal (
She was killed during the Saur Revolution on 28 April 1978 at the Arg.[citation needed]
She was reburied in the Deh Sabz District in Kabul along with her husband and other family members in 2009.[2]
Family
The couple had four sons and four daughters:
- 1. Zarlasht Daoud Khan
- 2. Khalid Daoud Khan (1947–1978). Had a son:
- Tariq Daoud Khan
- 3. Wais Daoud Khan (1947–1978). Had four children:
- Turan Daoud Khan (1972-)
- Ares Daoud Khan (1973 – k. 1978)
- Waygal Daoud Khan (1975 – k. 1978)
- Zahra Khanum (1970-)
- 4. Muhammad Umar Daoud Khan (k. 1978). Had two daughters:
- Hila Khanum (1961 – k. 1978)
- Ghazala Khanum (1964 – k. 1978)
- 5. Dorkhanai Begum
- 6. Zarlasht Begum (k. 1978)
- 7. Shinkay Begum (k. 1978). Had two daughters:
- Ariane Heila Khanum Ghazi (1961-)
- Hawa Khanum Ghazi (1963-)
- 8. Torpekay Begum. Had three children:
- Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi
- Daud Khan Ghazi
- Zahra Khanum Ghazi
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g Tamim Ansary (2012) Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan
- ^ "Remains of Afghan leader buried". BBC News. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2016.