AFGHANISTAN-KING-MOHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH

Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah (R) is welcomed by Japanese Prime minister Eisaku Sato 10 April 1969 in Tokyo. Mohammad Zahir Shah was deposed by his brother in law and cousin Mohamed Daoud 17 July 1973 while he was on a visit in Italy, and a republic formed. Born 15 October 1914, Zahir Shah studied in France until his father Nadir Shah became king in 1930 and enters the infantary School of Kabul. Two years later he becomes the Defense deputy minister and king on the 8th of November 1933, after his father was killed. From the 1960's Zahir Shah install a more liberal regime. After the coup, Zahir Shah found refuge in Rome where he still lives on exile in 2001. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)