Sardar Shah Wali Khan Explained

Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan
Birth Date:	1888
Birth Place:	Dehradun, British Raj
Death Date:	April 1977
Nationality:	Afghan
Known For:	Military service, Leadership, Pashtunwali
Occupation:	Army Officer, Home Minister, Diplomat

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]}

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

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Dupree, Louis . Afghanistan . Princeton University Press . 1980 . 475, 498.
2. Web site: Afghanistan History . https://web.archive.org/web/20051026233327/http://www.afghanan.net/afghanistan/nadirshah.htm. usurped. October 26, 2005.