Emperor Shah Babur b. 1483 d. 1530 1st Mughal Emperor. The Mughal Dynasty is a line of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526-1858 and became a repository for all the wealth and talent of the most extensive empire in the medieval world. Babur was a descendant of the Turkish conqueror Timur on his father's side and of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on his mother's side. At seventeen, he was already the ruler of a small Kingdom which after being attacked was forced to flee to the southern mountains in Afghanistan...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield) Babur Gardens, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan Plot: Hillside Terrace
Marjan the Lion b. 1976 d. January 25, 2002 Famous lion. Around 1978, the Kabul Zoo recieved as a gift from the Cologne Zoo in Germany a young lion, only two. The zoo workers named him "Marjan" which means "Coral" or "Precious Stone" in Pashtun. It was not long afterwards, in 1979, that the Soviet Army invaded, attempting to grab Afghanistan as yet another spot for use in the Cold War. Over the course of the war, the Kabul Zoo was largely spared of the ravages. But after the Russians left, civil war erupted between rival political and...[Read More] (Bio by: Mongoose) Kabul Zoo Grounds, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan
Shah, Mohammad Zahir b. October 15, 1914 d. July 22, 2007 Afghan Royalty. He was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades. Ascending to the throne in 1933, after his father was assassinated, his reign was one of the most tranquil periods in Afghanistan's history. He supported the traditional change issues put forth by the women, used foreign cash to develop the country's medieval infrastructure and kept a balance of peace with rival Soviet and Western cultures. In 1973, Zahir Shah was deposed in a coup by his cousin and brother-in-law...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Mariana Hill, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan
b. 1483 d. 1530
