Mah Parwar Begum (died 13 December 1941) was the royal consort of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
. She belonged to the
Babakar Khel clan from the
Ghilzai tribe and was the third daughter of ''
Sardar
Sardar, also spelled as Sardaar (, , 'commander', literally 'headmaster'), is a title of royal family, royalty and nobility that was originally used to denote princes, noblemen, chiefs, kings and other Aristocracy (class), aristocrats. It ha ...
'' Muhammad Asif Khan and of his second wife, Murwarid Begum. She was the only wife of
Mohammed Nadir Shah and the mother of
Mohammed Zahir Shah, both Kings of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
. Her daughter
Zamina Begum was the 1st
First Lady of Afghanistan, as the spouse of
Mohammed Daoud Khan.
Ancestry
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Mah Parwar Begum
Afghan royal consorts
Pashtun women
1941 deaths
Year of birth missing
Afghan emigrants to Iran
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