ABOUT THE BOOK
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In response to continued interest in the first edition of my
Who`s Who of Afghanistan (1975), which has been long out of print, I have
decided to offer this new and updated edition. Like the first edition, it
contains about 1,500 entries and is divided into the following parts: (1) Who
is Who, 1945-2007); (2) Who was Who, 1747-1945; (3) Afghan Government
Positions, 1901-1974; and (4) Genealogies of Important Afghan Families Part (1)
Who is Who, has been replaced with a new updated section listing government
officials, diplomats, and leaders of political parties. New individuals include
members of the political elite from the days of President Muhammad Daud
(1973-1978), the years of the civil war, and up to the Islamic Republic under
President Hamid Karzai. A number of persons who should have been included in
the Who Was Who section have been listed here to avoid going to the expenses of
reorganizing that section. Part (2) Who was Who in Afghanistan 1747-1945 and
Part (3) Members of Afghanistan Government Departments have been left
unchanged. Part 4 Genealogies of Afghan Families has been expanded with
additions and corrections.
ABOUT Author
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Ludwig
W. Adamec is a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University
of Arizona and the director of the Near Eastern Center for ten years. Widely
known as a leading authority in Afghanistan and books on Afghan history,
foreign policy, and international relations, including Afghanistan: 1900-1923:
A Diplomatic History: Afghanistan`s Foreign: Affairs to the Mid-Twentieth
Century: Relations with the USSR, Germany, and Britain; the six-volume
Historical and Political Gazetteer of Afghanistan; The Historical Dictionary of
Islam; and The A to Z of Islam.