Mohammed Aziz Khan
Mohammed Aziz Khan (Pashto: محمد عزیز خان) (1877-1933) was an Afghan Diplomat who served as the Afghani ambassador to Germany until his assassination by a gunman in Berlin. He was a member of the important Musahiban dynasty and older half-brother to King Mohammed Nadir Shah, and father of President Mohammed Daoud Khan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Naim Khan.
Mohammed Aziz Khan | |
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محمد عزیز خان | |
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| Ambassador of Afghanistan to Germany | |
| Monarch | Mohammed Nadir Shah |
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| Born | Dehradun, British Raj |
| Died | June 6, 1933 Berlin, Germany |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunmen |
Upon his half-brothers succession to the throne, following the Afghan Civil War, he was appointed to the ambassadorship along with his other brothers, who all received high positions of power in return for their continued support in exile in Europe, and on the return to Afghanistan.[1]
Assassination
While on his assignment to Berlin as Afghan Ambassador to Germany he was killed in a plot against the Musahiban house by an Afghan student on the steps of the Afghan Embassy. The gunmen after being interrogated by the Gestapo, claimed his motive was his discontent with Nadir regime's cooperation with United Kingdom. His assassination came a couple months before his brother, the King Mohammed Nadir Shah was also killed by a gunman while in Afghanistan.[2]
His gunmen was tried and sentenced to death in 1934 for the murder by Germany, and after a failed extradition attempt by the Afghani government, was executed. [3]
References
- Barfield, Thomas (2010). Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History. Princeton, New Jersey. pp. 197, 199. ISBN 0691154414.
- "ВЫСТРЕЛЫ В БЕРЛИНЕ - ГОС. ДЕЯТЕЛИ - ЛИЦА - Фотоальбом - Страницы истории Афганистана". afg-hist.ucoz.ru. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- "The assassination of an Afghan Envoy". Berliner Morning Post. June 6, 1933. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
