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  ipedia.com: Mohammed Zahir Shah Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973.
Mohammed Zahir Shah (born October 16, 1914) was the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973.
See the reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah for more detailed information on his rule.
www.ipedia.com /mohammed_zahir_shah.html   (466 words)

  
  Mohammed Zahir Shah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed Zahir Shah (born October 16, 1914) was the last King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973.
His cousin and former Prime Minister Mohammed Daoud Khan staged a coup and established a republican government, while Mohammed Zahir Shah was abroad.
He is seen as a symbol of unity for Afghanistan, and has been given the title "Father of the Nation." On February 3, 2004, he was flown from Kabul to New Delhi, India for medical treatment after complaining of an intestinal problem.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah   (479 words)

  
 Mohammed Mossadegh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammed Mossadegh ( Persian : محمد مصدق‎) ( May 19, 1882 - March 4, 1967) was prime minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953.
After being educated in France, Mohammed Mossadegh got his start in Iranian politics in 1914, when he was appointed Governor General of the Iranian province of Fars by Ahmad Shah Qajar and was titled Mosaddegh os-Saltaneh by the Shah.
The Shah himself, after a brief exile in Italy, was rushed back to Iran and returned to the throne.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mohammed_Mossadegh   (2014 words)

  
 Nadir Shah on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He then entered the service of Tahmasp, the son of Shah Sultan Husayn, who was asserting his claims against the Afghans under Mahmud, who had usurped the Persian throne.
Mohammed Zahir Shah (g) et Hamid Kharzai se recueillent sur la tombe du roi Nadir Shah L'ancien roi d'Afghanistan Zaher Sh.
Fazelullah Youssef Zai, 47, caretaker of the Mausoleum of King Nadir Shah, stands next to the recently repaired tomb of the former King of Afghanistan.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NadirS1ha.asp   (823 words)

  
 Shah
Firuz Shah Tughluq Firuz Shah was a Muslim ruler of northern India of the Tughlaq Dynasty.
Shah was born in Delhi and educated at the National Sc...
Sultan Ali Shah Sultan Ali Shah was the ruler of Ayub Shah.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/shah.html   (835 words)

  
 Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:Nadir Shah's Invasion(1738-1739)
As Nadir Shah rode out towards the Khyher Pass in November 1738, Nasir tried to block his passage with a force of 20,000 ill trained Afghans, who were just no match for the fierce Khurasani horsemen.
Mohmmad Shah Rangila was a bad administrator, all his croonies had looted the rich landlors and elite after Nadir Shah left to fill up the coffers of Mughal kingdom.
Meahwhile, The Khalsa bands got together and passed a resolution: "Nadir Shah must deliver a part of the booty he was carrying away from Delhi." Nadir, on the other hand, felt that his reputation was a sufficient deterrent to anyone attacking him on the way.
www.allaboutsikhs.com /events/nadir.htm   (1221 words)

  
 IranianVoice.org - The Resecularization of Iran
The institution of monarchy and the personality of Mohammed Reza Shah were the biggest impediment to democracy in Iran or Mohammed Reza Shah was a megalomaniac by nature since he liked to fly airplanes and would always take his picture with Damavand in the background.
Or the all too familiar conspiracy theory: Mohammed Reza Shah was groomed to be a dictator at the pay of the British and the Americans since the moment of his birth.
Mohammed Reza Shah became the Shiaa villain par excellence, the usurper, the tyrannical modern Yazid.
www.iranianvoice.org /article263.html   (2886 words)

  
 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Faced with this situation, Reza Shah commanded the only reliable military force in Iran and the opposition to him, whether in the center or in the tribal areas, could never muster enough strength to overcome his skill, organization, and mobility.
The latter represented the Shah's own achievement inasmuch as since the middle 1950s he had assumed personal leadership in all matters pertaining to the development of petroleum resources in the country.
In today's Iran, because the very mention of the Shah's name entails the risk of falling foul of the new authorities most people have developed a code name for the king who died in exile.
www.sedona.net /pahlavi/mrp.html   (1223 words)

  
 Brief History of Ismailism by A. Aziz Page 2
Shah Fatehali ascended the Peacocck Throne of Iran in 1212 A.H. Pi'r Mirza Mohammed Ba'qir, the uncle and father-in-law of the Holy Ima'm, was living in Mahala't.
Mowla'na Ima'm Ali Shah, the Aga Khan-II, was born in 1246 A.H. 1830) in Mahala't.
Mowla'na Ima'm Sulta'n Mohammed Shah was succeeded by his grandson Prince Kari'm Agha as the Ima'm and the Pi'r of the isma'ilis on the twelfth of Zil-Hijja, 1376 A.H. (11th of July 1957).
www.amaana.org /history/histaa2.htm   (21097 words)

  
 Zahir Shah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Zahir Shah was nineteen at the time of his accession-still very young to assume control of so turbulent a country.
But when a severe drought in 1971-1972 worsened economic conditions as well, Daud Khan took advantage of the absence of Zahir Shah on a trip to Europe to seize control of the government in a relatively bloodless military coup d'etat.
Zahir Shah now lives in Rome, Italy and he is relatively in a good health.
www.afghan-network.net /Rulers/zahir_shah.html   (656 words)

  
 The Darya-i-Nur Diamond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1797, Aga Mohammed was succeeded by his grandson, Fath Ali Shah, who was both a collector and connosseur of gems and whose name is engraved on one side of the great diamond.
During the reign of the next shah, Nasser-ed-Din (1831-1896), the stone was mounted in an elaborate frame, which is surmounted by the Lion and Sun (the emblem of the Imperial Government of Iran) and set with four hundred fifty-seven diamonds and four rubies.
In 1906, Mohammed Ali Shah, after being defeated by the Constitutionalists while carrying the diamond and other valuables with him during the Persian Revolution, took refuge in the Russian Legation and claimed that the jewels were his personal property.
famousdiamonds.tripod.com /darya-i-nurdiamond.html   (571 words)

  
 Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah (born October 16, 1914) was the King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973.
From a family of Pashtuns, the dominant Afghan ethnic group, he was also educated in the elite culture of Afghanistan's Persian-speaking minority, giving him access to both groups.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/za/Zahir_Shah.html   (229 words)

  
 The Crown Jewels of England: The Koh-i-noor
Hunt as follows:--"Nadir Shah, on his occupation of Delhi in 1739, compelled Mohammed Shah, the great-grandson of Aurengzebe, to give up to him everything of value that the imperial treasury possessed; and his biographer and secretary signifies a peshkash or present by Mohammed Shah to his conqueror of several magnificent diamonds.
According to the family and popular tradition Mohammed Shah wore the Koh-i-noor in front of his turban at his interview with his conqueror, who insisted in exchanging turbans in proof of his regard.
When Shah Shujah was driven from Kabul he became the nominal guest and actual prisoner of Runjet Sing, who spared neither importunity nor menace, until, in 1813, he compelled the fugitive monarch to resign the precious gem, presenting him on the occasion, it is said, with a lakh and 25,000 rupees, or about $60,000.
www.jjkent.com /articles/crown-jewels-england-kohinoor.htm   (729 words)

  
 ··· Azeri Genocide ···   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Agha Mohammed Shah was the leader of the troop moving in the last direction.
Soon, on July 4 ‘1797, an assassination against Agha Mohammed Shah was organized with the initiation of Ibrahimkhalil Khan’s nephew (the son of Ibrahimkhalil’s brother) and Gajar was murdered.
Among the women in Fatali Shah’s palace the most beautiful and noble was the daughter of Karabakh’s khan, Beyim Khanoum and she also was the chief harem of the palace.
www.azerigenocide.org /hist/hist03.htm   (2731 words)

  
 Sain Izzat Ullah Shah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sain Izzat Ullah Shah were the middle son of Shah Shaheed.
At the time of Shahadat, they were of young age, and at the instructions of Shah Shaheed, and due to the instability, they stayed with disciples away from Miranpur.
Daughter was married to Mian Mohammed Zahid Shah son of Sain Ibrahim Shah, son of Sain Cheghon Shah brother of Shah Shaheed.
www.sufisattari.com /SainIzzat.html   (305 words)

  
 The First Afghan War
Shah Shujah, of the Durrani clan, had been forced into exile in 1809, taking his 600-woman harem and most of the crown jewels with him, seeking refuge with the famed Sikh...
Mohammed and Burnes were both taken aback by the letter, and Burnes was loath to leave his friend and the man he thought best suited to rule Afghanistan.
Singh did not have to supply any army, he would be able to retain Peshawar in perpetuity, and would be rid of at least one, if not two troublesome Afghans and a large portion of their army, an army he respected for their toughness and ferocity.
www.jmhare.com /history3.htm   (1408 words)

  
 Book: The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad (Norway - the official site in the UK)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In reality, he is Mohammed Shah Rais, and the way she writes about him and his family has infuriated him to the point that he has come to Europe to sue her.
Mohammed Shah is a brave man, who stayed in Kabul throughout the Taleban years and endured violence and imprisonment in order to safeguard his books and photographs about Afghanistan's history.
Mohammed Shah, with the impulsive generosity of the Afghan, opened up his household to an unsym-pathetic and uncomprehending spy.
www.norway.org.uk /culture/criticscorner/bookseller.htm   (461 words)

  
 U-Net InfoCenter: Article: Titles
Mowlana Imam Aga Shah Hassanali, Mowlana Imam Aga Ali Shah and Mowlana Imam Aga Sultan Mohammed Shah.
Haji Kameria, as he was popularly known, was nearing his old age when Mowlana Imam Aga Sultan Mohammed Shah ascended the throne of lmamat at less-than-eight-year of age, yet he respected and considered his child-Imam as his Lord.
Later, Mowlana Imam Aga Sultan Mohammed Shah had appointed Varas Amir Chand of Amritsar for the Punjab and the Frontier Province, Varas Moledina Meghji of Mundra for Cutchh and Varas Basaria for Sindh.
www.geocities.com /ummah-network/OT-Titles.html   (2840 words)

  
 Mohammed Mossadegh hero file   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The shah is deposed and the constitution reestablished.
The shah is forced to reappoint Mossadegh as head of the government on 22 July and to grant him full control over the military.
The shah returns to Iran on 22 August, heavily indebted to the US and Britain for the continuation of his reign.
www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/mossadegh.html   (4557 words)

  
 Lateline - 24/09/2001: Exiled king ready to lead Afghanistan again . Australian Broadcasting Corp
Mohammed Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan as king until 1973.
Mohammed Zahir Shah ruled Afghanistan as king until 1973, when the monarchy was abolished and he was ousted by a Soviet-backed coup.
IAN McMINN: King Mohammad Zahir Shah and his cousin and PM, Lieutenant General Muhammad Daoud -- once flirted with both the United States and the USSR as the super powers competed for influence over the Afghan regime.
www.abc.net.au /lateline/content/2001/s375246.htm   (295 words)

  
 golconda
Mohammed Quli was a scholar in Arabic and Persian.
It is not a surprise that Mohammed Quli Qutub Shah was able to speak Telugu and write poetry in Telugu, being son of Bhageeradhi and husband of Bhagyamati, both Telugu women.
Mohammed Qutub Shahi (1612-1626), son-in-law of Mohammed Quli, became sultan of Golconda.
www.vepachedu.org /golconda.html   (1665 words)

  
 Articles on Bulleh Shah's Poetry
The tomb of Bulleh Shah in Qasur and the area around it is today the only place free of collective refuse, and the privileged of the city pay handsomely to be buried in the proximity of the man they had once rejected.
Thus Bulleh Shah's family, being of Sayyiad caste, was related to prophet Mohammed on the one hand and on the other hand with Sufi thought and mystic traditions, for centuries.
Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Mohammed Dervish, was well-versed in Arabic, Persian and the holy Qura'n.
www.apnaorg.com /poetry/bullahn   (6304 words)

  
 The 80s Server -- Icons: Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, except for a brief period in 1953 when Prime Minister Muhammed Mosaddeq overthrew him.
Mosaddeq was in turn overthrown with assistance from the U.S., and the shah was returned to power as a U.S. ally.
Khomeini sought the capture of the shah, and when it was learned that he had been admitted into the United States for medical treatment, Iran's response was the start of the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Teheran.
www.80s.com /Icons/Bios/mohammed_reza_shah_pahlavi.html   (178 words)

  
 Keesing's Worldwide Online - Hot Topics: Afghanistan - King Mohammed Zahir Shah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The main mujaheddin alliance (the seven-member Islamic Unity of the Mujaheddin of Afghanistan) was openly divided on the ex-King's role, the 'moderate' groups generally favouring his involvement and the 'fundamentalist' groups opposing it.
In the absence of King Mohammed Zahir Shah (59) in Italy for health reasons, his Government was overthrown on July 17 by troops led by Lieutenant-General Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan (64), a cousin and brother-in-law of the King.
In his opening speech King Zahir explained that, while there had been no alternative to royal rule in the troubled times of the past, the time was now ripe for instituting a constitutional monarchy in which the royal family should be separated from the Government.
www.keesings.com /hot_topics/afghanistan_zahir   (2047 words)

  
 The state of Iran under the Pahlavi regime, has been considered as an
While it is true that Iran was not directly engaged in significant regional or world conflicts during the period from 1921—1979, ‘stability’ is hardly the appropriate term to characterize Iranian domestic politics of that period.
The power of the Prime Minister and the Parliament was reinstated and continued to grow until the Shah was nearly ousted and replaced irrevocably by nationalist Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossadeq.
The upper class is a group that serves to demonstrate the essential aspects of class conflict as a result of perceptions and misperceptions over who was wreaking the benefits of the established regime.
home.sandiego.edu /~lshifteh/PahlaviNOBabaii.htm   (3086 words)

  
 Bahaism and Its Claims: Chapter 6
Yet the influence of Abdul-Baha Abbas was thrown in favour of Mohammed Ali Shah, and after he had scattered parliament at the cannon's mouth and annulled the constitution, Bahais were granted appointments in the civil service and rejoiced in the reactionary regime.
It is plain that the constitutionalists regarded the Bahais as their opponents, and Mohammed All Shah counted them as his supporters.
Mohammed wrote to the rulers of Constantinople, Persia, Egypt, and Syria.
bahai-library.com /books/bahaism/bahaism6.html   (3295 words)

  
 Early Photography in Iran;Mohammad Reza Tahmasbpoor | History of iranian photography | Kargah.com | Iranian Artists' ...
The first photographs, in the form of daguerreotypes, were made during the reign of Mohammed Shah Qajar by Nikolaj Pavlov (One of the young Russian diplomats) in Dec1842.
During Naser- od-din Shah’s reign the language of these books became simpler, although in writing decrees, letters or poems eulogizing the king, a complicated prose in the old literary style were still used.
The first photographs advocated to royal court of Naser-odin Shah included illustrative history of different stages of life- from youth till old age and some ones from child hood till youth Wonder and influence of photography in Iran is as far as that Iranian painting had influenced for several hundreds years.
www.kargah.com /history_of_iranian_photography/early/index.php?other=1   (2213 words)

  
 Shah to PM : Kashmir already broken away
Srinagar: Former chief minister and Awami National Conference chief Ghulam Mohammed Shah has urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to demonstrate his willingness to resolve the Kashmir problem once and for all.
Mr Shah said that at the moment only one option existed to pull Kashmir out of the crisis it is faced with and that is to hold a trilateral dialogue among all the concerned parties.
While answering questions on the current issues facing Kashmir, Mr Shah said that as per his understanding through media reports it was Pakistan and its Inter-Services Intelligence that derailed the government of India-Hizb talks in July-August this year.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives2000/kashmir20001009a.html   (359 words)

  
 Casablanca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1958, Casablanca hosted a round of the Formula One world championship at the Ain-Diab circuit.
The city is served by Anfa Airport and Mohammed V International Airport, and its port is one of the largest artificial ports in the world.
Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, the second largest in the world (after the Shah Faisal Mosque near Islamabad).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casablanca   (301 words)

  
 shah
Thomas Malone, MIT andquot;Idries Shah provides the unique perspective that allows us to assess real motivations and social biases in a more...
Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi October 26, 1919 July 27, 1980 Former Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was the shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979, except for a brief period in 1953 when Prime Minister Muhammed...
He replaced his father, Reza Shah, on the throne on September 16, 1941, shortly before his 22nd birthday.
www.julis-hagen.de /shah-2372.html   (267 words)

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