Muhammed Nadir Khan

Muhammed Nadir Khan
Prince of Afghanistan
Born	(1941-05-21) 21 May 1941
Spouse	Lailuma Begum (m. 1964)
Issue	Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan Prince Muhammad Daud Jan
House	Barakzai
Father	Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mother	Humaira Begum

Prince Muhammad Nadir Khan is the fourth child of King Mohammed Zahir Shah of the Afghan, House of Barakzai.

Career

He was born 21 May 1941, and educated at the Istiqlal School in Kabul. He is a Persian classical scholar and expert in the sitar.

He was the Deputy Ambassador to Turkmenistan from 2002.

Family

Muhammad Nadir Khan married Princess Lailuma Begum, the daughter of Muhammad Haidar Husaini and his wife, Habiba Begum, at Kabul in 1964, and together they have two sons:

• Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan, born at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul, 2 May 1964, and educated at Rome, Vienna, London and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

He is the Co-Founder of the Afghan Medical Relief Organization (AMRO), and was a Diplomatic Assist to King Mohammed Zahir Shah 1991-2002. He was Afghan Ambassador to Italy from 2002 to 2005, and has been Dir-Gen of the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) since 2005 and a member of the International Committee of the Afghan World Foundation.

• Prince Muhammad Daud Jan was born at the Arg-i-Shahi, Kabul on 16 January 1966 and is a photographer in London.

Ancestry

Family of Muhammed Nadir Khan

16. Sardar Mohammad Yahya Khan, Governor of Kabul               8. Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan, Governor of Herat                       17. Hamdan Sultana Begum               4. Mohammed Nadir Shah                             18. Ali Ahmad Mirza, Khan Bahadur               9. Sharaf Sultana Hukumat Begum                       2. Mohammed Zahir Shah                                   20. Sardar Mohammad Yahya Khan, Governor of Kabul (= 16)               10. Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan                       21. Hamdan Sultana Begum (= 17)               5. Mah Parwar Begum                             22. (= 26)               11. Murwarid Begum                       23. (= 27)               1. Muhammed Nadir Khan                                         24. Sardar Mohammad Yahya Khan, Governor of Kabul (= 16)               12. Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan (= 10)                       25. Hamdan Sultana Begum (= 17)               6. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan                             26. (= 22)               13. Murwarid Begum (= 11)                       27. (= 23)               3. Humaira Begum                                   28. Loinab Shayr Dil Khan, Governor of Balkh               14. Loinab Khushdil Khan, Governor of Kabul and Kandahar                       7. Zarin Begum                             30. Dost Mohammad Khan               15. Sahira Begum                       31. A daughter of Agha Muhammad Khan Qizilbash