Sardar Wali

Sardar Wali Khan Ghazi ( Pashtun سردار شاه ولي خان; * April 16, 1888 in Dehradun ; † April 1977 ) was an Afghan diplomat and politician .

Life

Sardar Wali was a brother of Mohammed Nadir Shah and Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan . He studied at Habibia College in Kabul and Amanullah Khan employed him in personal security . In the plot against Amanullah Khan, he served from 1924 to 1926 as Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief. In 1924 he was given command of troops to suppress an uprising by Mangal Pashtuns in Khost . His troops occupied Kabul on October 10, 1929. He assured Habibullah Kalakâni safe passage and had him arrested and executed when he came to Kabul. He was awarded the titles Ghazi , Fateh Kabul (Conqueror of Kabul) and Field Marshal .

From 1929 to 1931 he was Ambassador to the Court of St James’s . From 1932 to 1935, 1937 to 1944 and from 1945 to 1947 he was ambassador to Paris , accredited to the governments in Bern , Brussels and Warsaw . From 1935 to 1936 he represented his brother Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan as acting minister of war. From 1936 to 1937 he represented his brother Sardar Mohammed Haschim Khan as executive prime minister. From 1948 to 1949 he was ambassador to Karachi . From 1949 to 1953 he was again ambassador to London .

Individual evidence

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predecessor	Office	successor
Mohammed Nadir Shah	Afghan Minister of War 1924 to 1926	Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan
Ahmad Ali Sulaiman	Afghan ambassador in London 1930 to 1931	Ali Muhammad Sulaiman
Ahmad Ali Sulaiman	Afghan ambassador in Paris from 1932 to 1935, 1937 to 1944 and from 1945 to 1947	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan	Managing Afghan Minister of War 1935-1936	Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan
Sardar Mohammed Hashim Khan	Managing Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1936 to 1937	Sardar Mohammed Hashim Khan
	Afghan ambassador in Karachi from 1948 to 1949
Muhammad Naim	Afghan ambassador in London from 1949 to 1953	Faiz Muhammad Zikria