Sardar Shah Wali Khan

Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan
Photo of Field Marshal Shah Wali Khan pinning a medal on the uniform of General Mohammed Asif Safi, with then Prime Minister Mohammad Daoud Khan in the background
Born	1888 Dehradun, British Raj
Died	April 1977
Nationality	Afghan
Occupation(s)	Army Officer, Home Minister, Diplomat
Known for	Military service, Leadership, Pashtunwali

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.^{[citation needed]}

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