Soraya Tarzi

Noble person

1899 – 1968

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Who was Soraya Tarzi?

Soraya Tarzi, known mostly as Queen Soraya, was the Queen consort of Afghanistan in the early 20th century and the wife of King Amanullah Khan. Born in Syria, she was educated by her father, who was the Afghan leader and intellectual Sardar Mahmud Tarzi. She belonged to the Mohammadzai Pashtun tribe, a powerful sub-tribe of the Barakzai dynasty.

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Born
Nov 24, 1899
Damascus
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Spouses
Education
  • University of Oxford
Lived in
  • Damascus
Died
Apr 20, 1968
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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