Ahmad Shah Khan
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Ahmad Shah, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (born 23 September 1934) the second son of Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973...

, the former King of Afghanistan, and current pretender
Pretender
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 to the throne of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

.

Biography

At the time of his birth he was second in the line of succession to the throne after his older brother Crown Prince
Crown Prince
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 Muhammad Akbar Khan. However following the death of his brother on November 26, 1942, he became first in the line of succession and the new heir apparent
Heir apparent
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 and Crown Prince.

He attended the University of Oxford
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 and later spent time working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

.

His father's reign ended on July 17, 1973, when he was ousted by a coup with Afghanistan being declared a republic. The Crown Prince was one of fourteen members of the royal family arrested following the coup. He was allowed to leave the country for Rome
Rome
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 on July 26. Following the overthrow of the monarchy, the Crown Prince settled in Virginia
Virginia
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 and took to writing poetry.

Since the death of his father on July 23, 2007, he is the pretender to the throne of Afghanistan.

Marriage and children

He was married at Kabul in 1961 to Princess Khatul Begum the daughter of Sardar Muhammad Umar Khan Zikeria, by his wife, Princess Sultana Begum. He has two sons and one daughter:
  • Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan (born 1962)
  • Prince Muhammad Emel Khan (born 1963)
  • Princess Hawa Khanum

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