Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan | |
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Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
In office 9 May 1946 – 7 September 1953 |
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Monarch | Mohammed Zahir Shah |
Preceded by | Mohammad Hashim Khan |
Succeeded by | Mohammed Daoud Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1890 Dehradun, British Raj |
Died | 27 December 1959 Afghanistan |
Political party | Independent |
Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه محمود خان - b:1890 d: 27 December 1959) was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from May 1946 to 7 September 1953. He was from the Pashtun tribe of Barakzai Mohammedzai. He was a brother of Nadir Khan, who ousted Habibullah Kalakani (also known as Bacha-ye Saqqow), and uncle of Zahir Shah, the King of Afghanistan, from 1933 to 1973, and uncle of President Mohammed Daoud Khan. His other two brothers are Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan.