[2007] H.R.H. Crown Prince Ahmad Shah Khan [Ahmad Shah Zaher], Head of the Royal House of Afghanistan. b. at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 23rd September 1934, second and eldest surviving son of H.M. al-Mutawakkil ‘ala Allah, Pairaw ud-din-i-Matin-i-Islam Baba-i-millat-i-Afghan Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of the God granted Kingdom of Afghanistan and its dependencies, by his wife, H.M. Queen Humaira, educ. Istiqlal High Sch and the Coll of Military Science, Kabul, Oxford Univ, and Inst d’études politiques de Paris (IEP), France. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Afghan Army 1956. He served as Regent several times during his father’s absences abroad. Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. Hon Presdt Afghan Red Crescent Soc (ARCS). Detained by Presdt Daud during his coup d’etat 17th July 1973, but subsequently permitted to leave the country with 13 other members of the Royal Family and join the King in Rome, Italy. Author and poet settled in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Joint Special Representative from King Zahir Shah for negotiations with the Soviet authorities 1983. Accompanied his father on his return to Kabul 4th August 2002. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of Afghanistan, 27th July 2007. Rcvd: the Order of the Supreme Sun, the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (Ojaswi Rajanya) of Nepal (1969), GC of the Orders of Pahlavi of Iran (7.11.1965), Merit of of the Federal Republic of Germany (15.3.1967), Chrysanthemum of Japan (18.5.1970), Renaissance of Jordan, etc. m. at the Chilstoon Palace, Kabul, 22nd November 1961, H.R.H. Princess Khatul Begum [Khatol Zekria Zaher] (b. 1940), educ. Zarghoona Girls Sch, Kabul, First Vice-Presdt Cttee of Women’s Volunteers 1964-1973, rcvd: the Order of the Pleiades 2nd class of Iran (7.11.1965), GC of the Order of the Precious Crown of Japan (18.5.1970), etc, daughter of Sardar Muhammad Umar Khan Zekria, by his wife, H.R.H Princess Sultana Begum, fourth daughter of H.M. Shah-i-Shahid al-Ghazi Muhammad Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan. He had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- 1) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan [Zaher Zaher]. b. at the Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 26th May 1962, educ. T.C. Williams High Sch, Alexandria, Virginia, and Temple Coll, Temple, Texas, USA. Settled in Springfield, Virgina, USA. m. (first) at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 14th November 1986 (div. there at Alexandria, 16th February 2005), Oshila Mahmud Ghazi (b. 30th June 1958; m. second, at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 26th April 2013, as his second wife, Charles Bryson Gurney), Snr Corporate Travel Consultant at PET in Washington DC, Corporate Travel Specialist at Connoisseur Travel Ltd 2011, now Snr Travel Consultant, Mbr American Soc of Travel Agents (ASTA), daughter of Major Sardar Shah ‘Abdu’l Azim Mahmud-Ghazi, by his wife, Zarmina Begum, daughter of H.R.H. Sardar Muhammad Naim Khan. m. (second) at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 4th June 2009, Giti Nawabi (b. at Kabul, 22nd January 1961), former wife of Khosrow Rezvankhoo, and daughter of Muhammad Naim Nawabi, sometime Station Mngr for Ariana Afghanistan Air at Kabul Airport, by his wife, Akila Z. Nawabi. He had issue, one daughter, by his first wife:
- a) H.R.H. Princess Roxanne Khanum [Mrs Roxanne Zaher Daniel]. b. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 24th August 1988, educ. The State Univ of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook Univ) (BA 2010), and Christine Valmy International Sch of Esthetics, Skin Care, & Makeup, New York, USA. Artist, designer, illustrator and esthetician at JJ Eyelashes NYC 2010-2012, and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc 2012-2013, MD of RoxyGreetings in New York 2011. m. at New York City, USA, 11th January 2015, Reny Rajan Daniel (b. Sep 1988), educ. The State Univ of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook Univ), and Touro Coll Sch of Health Sciences (2013), Manhattan, New York, USA, sometime Finance Officer in Dubai, later Sales Officer with Dollar Tree Stores Inc, now Physician Assist Specialist at Icahn Sch of Medicine, Mount Sinai, son of Rajan P Daniel, sometime Stores Maintenance Supervisor with New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by his wife, Sosamma [Susie] Rajan Daniel.
- 2) H.R.H. Prince Muhammad Emel Khan [Emel Zaher] [Emel Jan]. b. at the Gulkhana Palace, Kabul, 17th October 1969, educ. T.C. Williams High Sch, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
- 1) H.R.H. Princess Hawa Khanum [Hawa Zaher Nawaz]. b. at the Zezhantun Maternity Hospital, Kabul, 27th October 1963, educ. Strayer Coll, Arlington, Cal Simmons Travel Sch, Alexandria, and Northern Virginia Community Coll (NOVA), Springfield, Virginia, USA. Settled in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Branch Ops Assist First Virginia Bank 1985-1990, Travel Assoc with Trans Am Travel 1990-1997, Sato Travel in Sterling 1997-1998, and Rosenbluth International in Vienna 1998-1999, Loan Officer Chesapeake Mortgage Financial Corp 1999-2000, Sales Agent Trans Am Travel 2000-2006, Loan Adviser Home 123 Mortgage 2006, and Security Home Funding 2008-2010, Registered Agent for Beltway Premier Sports & Entertainment since 2017. m. at Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 8th February 1990 (div. at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 28th December 2002), Sultan Mahmud Nawaz (b. 10th May 1963; m. second, at Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 30th September 2006, Cecilia Paola Ponce de Leon), son of Dr Muhammad Nawaz, of Alexandria, Virginia, USA, by his wife, Nazifa Jan Begum Ghazi Nawaz, sometime Presdt of Zaishgah Maternity Hospital and Chair Afghan Family Guidance Assoc (AFGA), daughter of Field Marshal H.R.H Sardar-i-Ala Muhammad Shah Mahmud Khan Ghazi, sometime Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
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