Mohammed Zahir Shah

[ zah-heer ]

noun

1. 1914–2007, king of Afghanistan 1933–73.

Example Sentences

The son of Abdul Zahir — who helped write the then-monarchy’s 1964 constitution before becoming prime minister in the early 1970s — the singer initially stayed away from Afghanistan’s often-fractious political scene, even as the country’s last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, was overthrown in a 1973 military coup.

From Washington Post

The militants are considering abolishing the country’s 2004 constitution, which protected the legal rights of Shiites, to instead adopt parts of the 1964 one, established during the monarchy of King Mohammed Zahir Shah.

From Washington Post

The last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, was known as a moderniser and his reign was said to be relatively peaceful.

From The Guardian

Or does he aspire for something akin to the “Baba” role played by Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghanistan’s deposed king who returned after the fall of the Taliban as a symbolic but powerless figure of national unity?

From Seattle Times

On Friday, on the hilltop crowned by the royal tombs of Nader Shah and his son, King Mohammed Zahir Shah, a guard described Zahir Shah’s reign from 1933 to 1973 as a time of peace and stability, and he dismissed the movement to memorialize Kalakani as a ploy by Tajik leaders “to advance their own interests. “There is no difference between Kalakani and Mohammad Omar,” he said. 

From Washington Post