Mohammad Zahir Shah (English Wikipedia)

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Ahmad Majidyar (January 2009). "Afghanistan's Presidential Election" (PDF). American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Zaher is the grandson of the late King Muhammad Zaher Shah. He is currently head of Afghanistan's environment preservation department and a member of the UNF. There has been speculation that the UNF will nominate Zaher as its candidate for the upcoming election. Despite being an heir to the royal family, he lacks a popular base.

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"Former Afghan King Returns to Kabul". Associated Press.

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"Profile: Ex-king Zahir Shah". 1 October 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
"Profile: Ex-king Zahir Shah". BBC. 1 October 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
"No ordinary homecoming". BBC News. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
"Former Afghan king returns to palace". BBC. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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"د افغانستان د پخواني پاچا ظاهر شاه زوی 'محمد نادر ظاهر' وفات شو". BBC Pashto. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Chesterman, Simon; Michael Ignatieff; Ramesh Chandra Thakur (2005). Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance. United Nations University Press. p. 400. ISBN 92-808-1107-X.
Andrew D. W. Forbes (1986). Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. Cambridge, England: CUP Archive. pp. 123, 303. ISBN 0-521-25514-7. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
Mohammad Hashim Kamali (1985). Law in Afghanistan: A Study of the Constitutions, Matrimonial Law and the Judiciary. Brill. ISBN 90-04-07128-8.^{[page needed]}

britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 64^th place)

Encyclopædia Britannica, "Mohammad Zahir Shah"
Encyclopædia Britannica, "Afghanistan Mohammad Nader Shah (1929–33)"
"Mohammed Zahir Shah". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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"Afghanistan". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
"Before Taliban". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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"شاهدخت افغانستان در کابل درگذشت – Dw – ۱۴۰۰/۱۰/۵". Deutsche Welle Dari. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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Feroz, Emran (26 April 2021). "When Afghanistan Almost Worked". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

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"Afghanistan's King Mohammad Zahir Shah Laid to Rest", Associated Press (Fox News), 24 July 2007.

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AP Archive (21 July 2015). "President Karzai announcing death of King Zahir Shah". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2019 – via YouTube.

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"April 18, 2002: Zahir Shah returns to Afghanistan after 29-year exile". Gulf News. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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"Justice" (PDF). justice.gov. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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Giustozzi, Antonio (November 2008). "Afghanistan: transition without end" (PDF). Crisis States Working Papers. p. 13. S2CID 54592886.

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"Leaving Afghanistan: is it finally time to be positive about this blighted nation?". New Statesman. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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Anderson, Jon Lee (30 May 2005). "The Man in the Palace". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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"Mohammad Zahir Shah, 92, Last King of Afghanistan". The New York Sun.

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Bearak, Barry (24 July 2007). "Mohammad Zahir Shah, Last Afghan King, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
Bearak, Barry (23 July 2007). "Former King of Afghanistan Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
"Afghan King, in Rome Exile, Tightens Belt". The New York Times. 29 April 1979.
Crossette, Barbara (7 March 1989). "India to Provide Aid to Government in Afghanistan". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Burns, John F. (3 June 1990). "King of Afghanistan, After 17 Years in Exile, Is on the People's Minds Again". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Bearak, Barry (24 July 2007). "Mohammad Zahir Shah, Last Afghan King, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Suro, Roberto (15 November 1987). "In Afghan King, a Soft Voice for a Soviet Pullout". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

rferl.org (Global: 733^rd place; English: 555^th place)

Krushelnycky, Askold (9 April 2008). "Afghanistan: Afghans Welcome Former King's Return". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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Giustozzi, Antonio (November 2008). "Afghanistan: transition without end" (PDF). Crisis States Working Papers. p. 13. S2CID 54592886.

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"Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, Europe, Near East and Africa, Volume II – Office of the Historian". history.state.gov.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

"The King of Afghanistan". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
Steyn, Mark (6 October 2001). "The man who would be king, if you don't mind". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
"Bin Laden 'tried to kill king'". The Telegraph. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Judah, Tim (23 September 2001). "Profile: Mohamed Zahir Shah". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
Judah, Tim (23 September 2001). "Profile: Mohamed Zahir Shah". The Observer. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
Judah, Tim (23 September 2001). "Profile: Mohamed Zahir Shah". The Observer. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
Gall, Sandy (23 July 2007). "Mohammad Zahir Shah". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2008.

timesofmalta.com (Global: 1,705^th place; English: 1,147^th place)

Ltd, Allied Newspapers (5 August 2002). "Former Afghan king moves into his old palace". The Times. Malta. Retrieved 8 March 2019.

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"Prince Mirwais Zahir, Youngest Son of Afghanistan's Former King, Has Died". TOLOnews. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

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"State funeral for Afghanistan's former President". UNAMA. 19 March 2009.

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- /ˌmoʊhəˈmɛd ˈzɑːhər ˈʃɑː/ listen^ⓘ
washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)
- Weymouth, Lally (17 January 1988). "Tough Talk From Najibullah" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- Hoodbhoy, Nafisa (11 November 2001). "A Future Veiled in False Hopes" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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- "The King of Afghanistan". The Daily Telegraph. 24 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- McCarthy, Michael (24 September 2001). "War on Terrorism: Opposition – Exiled king declares himself ready to return". The Independent. London: Look Smart: Find Articles. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
- "The late King was always fondly referred to by all Afghans, cutting across ethnic boundaries, as "Baba-e-Millat" or 'Father of the Nation', a position given to him in the country's Constitution promulgated in January 2004, about two years after the collapse of Taliban rule. The title of the 'Father of the Nation' dissolves with his death." "Last King of Afghanistan dies at 92". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- Ahmad Majidyar (January 2009). "Afghanistan's Presidential Election" (PDF). American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Zaher is the grandson of the late King Muhammad Zaher Shah. He is currently head of Afghanistan's environment preservation department and a member of the UNF. There has been speculation that the UNF will nominate Zaher as its candidate for the upcoming election. Despite being an heir to the royal family, he lacks a popular base.
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- "Gilad Zuckerman Coins Collection – Kimpulan Mata-Mata Uang – مسكوكات – אוסף מטבעות גלעד צוקרמן". giladzuckerman.webs.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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- "Lycee Esteqlal". World News.
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- Bearak, Barry (24 July 2007). "Mohammad Zahir Shah, Last Afghan King, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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- C-SPAN: Afghan King & Queen 1963 Visit to U.S. Reel America Preview (official U.S. government video; public domain).
- AP Archive (21 July 2015). "President Karzai announcing death of King Zahir Shah". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2019 – via YouTube.

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