Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه ولی خان) (April 16, 1888 – April 1977), also known as Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan Ghazi, was a political and military figure in Afghanistan. He was a member of the Musahiban and was the uncle of both King Zahir and President Mohammed Daoud Khan. He was a full brother of Prime Minister Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammad Nadir Shah and paternal half-brother of Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Khan.[1][2]
Shah Wali Khan | |
|---|---|
| سردار شاه ولی خان | |
 | |
| Commander of Royal Bodyguard | |
| Assumed office 1906 | |
| Commander of Cavalry Corps | |
| Assumed office 1921 | |
| Equerry to King Amanullah | |
| Assumed office 1924 | |
| Commander-in-Chief | |
| Assumed office 1929 | |
| Viceroy to King Nader Shah | |
| Assumed office 1929 | |
| Acting Minister for Defence | |
| In office 1935–1936 | |
| Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| In office 1936–1937 | |
| Ambassador to Pakistan | |
| In office 1948–1949 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1888 |
| Died | April 1977 |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Branch/service | .svg){kind=small} Royal Afghan Army |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Third Anglo-Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Basmachi movement Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 |
He was the father of Lieutenant-General Sardar Abdul Wali Khan, cousin and senior power behind the throne of King Zahir during the 1963-1973 constitutional period and throughout their exile.
Career
edit- Commander of Royal Bodyguard in 1906
- Commander of Cavalry Corps in 1921
- Equerry to King Amanullah 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-e-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
edit- ^ Dupree, Louis (1980). Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. pp. 475, 498.
- ^ "Afghanistan History". Archived from the original on October 26, 2005.
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