Muhammad Nadir Shah

Muhammad Nadir Shah  was King of Afghanistan from 15 October 1929 until his assassination in November 1933. Previously, he served as Minister of War, Afghan Ambassador to France, and as a General in the military of Afghanistan. He and his son Muhammad Zahir Shah, who succeeded him, are part of the Musahiban (Mohammadzai family who founded an Afghan dynasty).

Nadir shah born on 9 April 1883 in Dehra Dun, British India, in the Musahiban branch of the Royal dynasty of Afghanistan (of the Mohammadzai section of Barakzai Pashtuns). An ethnic Hazara, Abdul Khaliq was immediately apprehended and later executed after being tortured. According to Hafizullah Emadi, "The government arrested Abdul Khaliq, his family, and friends, and used this opportunity to arrest other potential rivals and execute them on charges of plotting the assassination of King Nadir."