AHMAD SHAH

äkhmädˈ shäˈ, c.1723–1773, Afghan ruler (1747–73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadir's death (1747). He twice (1756, 1760) occupied and sacked Delhi, the capital of the Mughal empire. He conquered a vast territory, extending roughly from the Oxus to the Indus rivers and from Tibet to Khorasan, but he was unable to consolidate this empire and it soon disintegrated. He united and strengthened Afghanistan, however, and is therefore often considered its modern founder. His family retained power until the rise of Dost Muhammad.

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Eqbal Ahmad, Confronting Empire: Interviews with David Barsamian
Book by Eqbal Ahmad, David Barsamian; South End Press, 2000
Subjects: Ahmad, Eqbal--Interviews, Anti-Imperialist Movements, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Geopolitics--South Asia--History--20th Century, Imperialism--History--20th Century, Postcolonialism, World Politics--1945-
7 Eqbal Ahmad, interview with David Barsamian, The Progressive...62: 11 November 1998 : 38. 8 See Idries Shah, Sufism New York: Anchor Books, 1971...p. 401. Trans. Barsamian. 11 Eqbal Ahmad, "The Neo-Fascist State: Notes on the...
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The Making of Modern Iran: State and Society under Riza Shah 1921-1941
Book by Stephanie Cronin; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1925-1979, Iran--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Newly Independent States, Reza Shah Pahlavi--Shah Of Iran--1878-1944
...life under pressure from Riza Shah, was openly advocating the need...constitutionalist principles. Ahmad Shah had become increasingly unpopular...being commonly described as Ahmad the Wandering Trader (Ahmad-i Allaf) . However, as a result...
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Book by Stephen Kinzer; John Wiley & Sons, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1941-1979, Iran--Relations--United States, Mosaddeq, Mohammad--1880-1967, United States--Relations--Iran
...159 violence at, 81 , 136 Abbas Shah, 26 27 Achaemenians, 19 Acheson...27 , 203 Afshartus, Mahmoud, 160 Ahmad Shah, 38 , 41 , 50 , 51 Ala, Hussein...22, 24 Arachosians, 18 Aramash, Ahmad, 178 Aramco, 76 , 89 Arbenz, Jacobo...
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The Shah and the Ayatollah: Iranian Mythology and Islamic Revolution
Book by Fereydoun Hoveyda; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1941-1979, Iran--Politics And Government--1979-1997, Islam And Politics--Iran, Mythology, Iranian
...years later, Reza Khan convinced Ahmad Shah to travel to Eu- rope and thus became...His vision was to depose the Qajar Shah and proclaim a republic as Mustafa...abandon his idea and instead become Shah. Consumed by ambition, Reza Khan...
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Defying the Iranian Revolution: From a Minister to the Shah to a Leader of Resistance
Book by Manouchehr Ganji; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Exiles--Iran--Political Activity, Ganji, Manouchehr, Iran--History--Revolution, 1979, Iran--Politics And Government--1979-1997
...Ahmad, 115 , 204 , 205 Jibril, Ahmad, 118 k Kabiri, Haj Hassan...Khoiniha, Mohammad, 97 Khomeini, Ahmad, 84 , 89 , 109 , 194 Khomeini...Ruhollah: agitation against the Shah, 10 ; all countries of world...reforms, xix ; opposition to Shahs land reform, 144 ; orders first...74 Khonsari, Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad, xix , 193 Khorsand, Shahram...
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journal articles on: Ahmad Shah  - 286 results

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Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896
Journal article by Michel M. Mazzaoui; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896 (Book)--Reviews
...three rulers came after him (Muzaffar al-Din Shah, Muhammad Ali Shah, and Sultan Ahmad Shah)--all of whom deserve a biography like this...discussion, which covers the main events of the Shahs reign, concentrates on the first half of his...
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Operation Anaconda, Shah-i-khot Valley, Afghanistan, 2-10 March 2002
Journal article by Adam Geibel; Military Review, Vol. 82, 2002
Subjects: Afghanistan, Army-US, Military engagements, Military history, Taliban-Afghanistan, War
Operation Anaconda, Shah-i-khot Valley, Afghanistan, 2-10...fighters and their Taliban al-- lies in the Shah-i-Khot Valley. The mission involved...many spurs and ridges. The base of the Shah-i-Khot Valley is approximately 8...
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Sufis, Scholars and Scapegoats: Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (D. 1905) and the Deobandi Critique of Sufism
Journal article by Brannon Ingram; The Muslim World, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Muslims, Political activism, Political power
...the movement of Sayyid Ahmad Barelwi (1786-183D...movements propagandist, Shah Muhammad Ismail (1779...Verily the power of this Shah of Shahs is so great," he writes...forbade the practice, Shah Wall Allah and Ahmad Sirhindi approved of...
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"Its Mortar Mixed with the Sweetness of Life:" Architecture and Ceremonial at the Shrine of Safi Al-din Ishaq Ardabili during the Reign of Shah Tahmasb I
Journal article by Kishwar Rizvi; The Muslim World, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: Architecture, Religious cults, Safi, Shaykh, Shrines
...populace was to be altered according to the Shahs vision. The installation of the farman...mosques throughout the empire) highlights Shah Tahm;asbs need to "propagate his legitimate...each of one whose name he calls says Shah bash, that is, the Shahs is head, and all of them give to one...actualized largely by the early Safavid shahs. The new construction undertaken by Shah Tahmasb at the shrine was unique in its...
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Showdown at Doha: the Secret Oil Deal That Helped Sink the Shah of Iran
Journal article by Andrew Scott Cooper; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 62, 2008
Subjects: American history, Foreign policy, Industrial production, Inflation, Interest groups, Iran, Labor market, Petroleum industry, Petroleum production, Politics, Presidents, Price increases, Prime ministers, Recessions, Unemployment
...That Helped Sink the Shah of Iran by Andrew Scott...hemorrhaging forced the Shahs government to rewrite...Oil Minister, Shaykh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, had announced...White House over the Shahs refusal to heed concerns...from being "Americas Shah," the transcripts create...subject of oil prices; the Shahs feelings might be hurt. "The Shah is upset by Congressional...
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Ahmad Massood's Assassination Remains a Mystery: As Feuding Warlords Compete for Dominance in Post-Taliban Afghanistan, a Belgian Court Prepares to Put Suspected Al Qaeda Members on Trial
Magazine article by Ed Blanche; The Middle East, October 2002
Subjects: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Assassination, Bin Laden, Osama, International relations, Masood, Ahmed Shah, Political violence, Taliban, Terrorists, United States--International aspects, United States--Military aspects, War crimes
Ahmad Massoods assassination remains a mystery...charges of planning the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massood, the legendary Afghan Mujahedin...kill Karzai and ex-King Mohammed Zahir Shah was uncovered. Karzai survived an assassination...
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The Valley of the King: Beyond a Crack in the Afghan Mountains Lies a Lost World, the Hunting Grounds of King Mohammed Zahir Shah
Magazine article by Jonathan Ledgard; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 293, April 2004
...Hunting Grounds of King Mohammed Zahir Shah. by Jonathan Ledgard If you drive three...hunting reserve of King Mohammed Zahir Shah from 1952 until 1973, when he was deposed...brought down by the crown prince, Ahmad Shah. The prince liked me for doing this...
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In Al-Saud We Trust: How the Regime in Riyadh Avoids the Mistakes of the Shah
Magazine article by Nawaf E. Obaid; Foreign Policy, January 2002
Subjects: International relations--Saudi Arabia, Islam and politics--Saudi Arabia, Politics--Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia--Relations with the United States, Terrorism--International aspects
...when they were not. The shahs policies steadily eroded...regimes: legitimacy. The shahs father had fought with...Yerevan, Armenia. The shah himself was reinstated...Riyadh), and Prince Ahmad (vice minister of interior...Los Angeles) than the shah, who had a population...precarious nature of the shahs position. Recent U...
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Settling Things in Kabul the Afghan Way
Magazine article by M.m. Ali; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XI, July 31, 1992
Subjects: Afghanistan, Geography, Kabul, Masoud, Ahmed Shah, Middle East, Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah, Politics
...the Tajiks and Uzbeks under Ahmed Shah Masoud and Gen. Abdul Rasheed Dostam...Kabul, his Tajik opponent, Ahmed Shah Masoud, in the north, and the Pashtun...the eyes of the freedom fighters. Ahmad Shah Masoud established himself in the...
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Symposium
Magazine article by Geneive Abdo, Daniel Pipes; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, August 14, 2000
Subjects: Abdo, Geneive--Interviews, Allalu, El Mahdi Abas--Interviews, Belhadj, Ali--Interviews, Democracy--Religious aspects, Duran, Khalid--Interviews, Hawang, Hadi--Interviews, Islam--Political aspects, Khatami, Mohammed--Interviews, Khomeini, Ruhollah, Ayatollah--Interviews, Kramer, Martin--Interviews, Lobmeyer, Hans Guenter--Interviews, Nawfal, Ahmad--Interviews, Sadou, Zazie--Interviews, Sivan, Emmanuel--Interviews, Soroush, Abdolkarim--Interviews, al-Azayida, Ahmad Qutash--Interviews, al-Ghazali, Muhammad--Interviews
...Islam is not democracy. Islam is Islam." Ahmad Qutash al-Azayida, an Islamist deputy...another end: the assumption of power." Ahmad Nawfal, a Muslim Brother from Jordan...most important case study. As long as the shah ruled, Iranian Islamists made promises...
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newspaper articles on: Ahmad Shah  - 155 results

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Sport of Kings Returns to Modern Iran; Polo Revival a Nod to Era of Shah
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 24, 2003
...Polo revival a nod to era of shah. Byline: Borzou Daragahi...Revolution that toppled the shah and swept aside the countrys...direction of religion," said Ahmad Zeidabadi, a writer for Sharq...central Iranian city of Isfahan by Shah Abbas, a well-regarded king...
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Masood's Last Stand?
Newspaper article by Rory Mccarthy; The Washington Times, December 16, 2000
Subjects: Afghanistan, Masood, Ahmed Shah, Taliban
Masoods last stand by Rory McCarthy AI KHANOUM, Afghanistan - His fighters are advancing but the indomitable Ahmad Shah Masood, Afghanistans most resilient military commander, is not happy. He has been at war for more than 20 years...
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Commentary on War in Afghanistan Needs Some Clarification
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 24, 1999
Subjects: Afghanistan, Masood, Ahmed Shah, Pakistan
...the communist regime in Kabul, which had been an American foreign-policy goal, materialized in 1992 after commander Ahmad Shah Masoods mujahideen liberated the capital, eventually resulting in the Rabbani government, whose main task became defending...
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Si's Girl Spent 10 Years of Misery Wedded to a Fat, Balding Rug Seller; REVEALED FOR FIRST TIME..SECRETS OF COWELL BEAUTY'S ARRANGED MARRIAGE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), March 7, 2010
Subjects: Cowell, Simon
...Mezhgan Hussainy was only 19 when Ahmad Shah Zahiri, 27, lavished gifts on her...begged her to leave carpet trader Ahmad, she thought escape was impossible...Mezhgan is such a beautiful girl, but Ahmad Shah was the most disgusting man I...
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Si's Girl Spent 10 Years of Misery Wedded to a Fat, Balding Rug Seller; REVEALED FOR FIRST TIME..SECRETS OF COWELL BEAUTY'S ARRANGED MARRIAGE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), March 7, 2010
Subjects: Cowell, Simon
...Mezhgan Hussainy was only 19 when Ahmad Shah Zahiri, 27, lavished gifts on her...begged her to leave carpet trader Ahmad she thought escape was impossible...Mezhgan is such a beautiful girl, but Ahmad Shah was the most disgusting man I...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ahmad Shah  - 9 results

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Ahmad Shah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AHMAD SHAH akhmad sha , c.1723 1773, Afghan ruler (1747 73), founder of the Durani dynasty. His success in commanding Afghan forces in India for Nadir Shah of Iran won him the rule of Afghanistan on Nadirs death (1747). He twice...
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Ahmed Shah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AHMED SHAH see Ahmad Shah . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Reza Shah Pahlevi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
REZA SHAH PAHLEVI re za sha pa l ve, 1877 1944, shah of Iran (1925 41). He began his career as an army...Virtually a dictator, Reza Khan deposed (1925) Ahmad Mirza , the last shah of the Qajar dynasty, and was proclaimed shah of Iran...
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Ahmad Mirza
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AHMAD MIRZA akhmad merza , 1898 1930, shah of Persia (1909 25), son of Muhammad...initially ruled for him. A weak figure, Ahmad was overthrown in 1921 in a military coup by Reza Khan (later Reza Shah Pahlevi ). The shah, unable to oppose...
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Muhammad Ali , Shah of Persia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MUHAMMAD ALI , shah of Persia 1872 1925, shah of Persia (1906 9), son of Muzaffar ad-Din Shah, of the Qajar dynasty. Muhammad Ali, who...finally forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Ahmad Mirza . Later he attempted with Russian help...
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