# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prince-shah-mahmud-khan-of-afghanistan
# Generated: 2026-09-06T13:11:15.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prince-shah-mahmud-khan-of-afghanistan"
name: "Prince Shah Mahmud Khan of Afghanistan"
slug: "prince-shah-mahmud-khan-of-afghanistan"
description: "Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from May 1946 to 7 September 1953, under King Mohammad Zahir Shah's monarchy. He was from the Pashtun tribe of Barakzai Mohammadzai. He was a brother of King Mohammad Nadir Shah, who ousted Habibullāh Kalakāni, and uncle of both Zahir Shah and Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan, his eventual successor. His other two brothers are Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan. He was married to Safora Sultan, a sister of Amanullah Khan."
tagline: "Afghani Royal; Prince Minister of Afghanistan (1946-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sardar_shahvali_khan.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1887-06-06"
deathDate: "1959-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.06
  momentum:             0.8702064896755163
  historical:           7.226532000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شاه محمود خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "شاه محمود خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schah_Mahmud_Khan"
    title: "Schah Mahmud Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%87_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Σαχ Μαχμούντ Χαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Mahmud_Khan"
    title: "Shah Mahmud Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سردار شاه محمود خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Mahmud_Khan"
    title: "Shah Mahmud Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Mahmud_Khan"
    title: "Shah Mahmud Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump