Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (died 2007)

Mohammad Zahir Shah

King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973

Mohammad Zāhir Shāh was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the foundation of the Durrani Empire in the 18th century.