Abdul Hadi Dawi ( ps, عبدالهادي داوي 1894 - 1982) was an

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poet, diplomat and government official. His works were published under his pen name, Pareshan (worried).

Biography

Abdul Hadi Dawi was born to a Daavi Afghan family in 1894 in

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. He graduated from Habibia High School in 1912. In 1919,

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turned over the editorship of ''Siraj al-Akhbar'' to him. Under Dawi's editorship, the name of the paper was changed to ''Aman-i Afghan'' (Afghan Peace). In 1922, he was appointed as first ever Afghan Ambassador to

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. From 1925 until his resignation in 1928, he served as a

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. After his resignation, he was appointed as an Afghan Ambassador to

where he served from 1929 until 1931. He was imprisoned from 1933 until 1946 as a supporter of

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. In 1950, Dawi was elected to the

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and was appointed as the speaker of the House for term 1949–1951. During this time, he also served as secretary of King

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and tutor of the crown prince. He was appointed as ambassador to

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from 1952 to 1954, and to Jakarta from 1954 until 1958. In 1961,

Zahir Shah Mohammed Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: , 15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Serving for 40 years, Zahir was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan s ...

appointed Abdul Hadi Dawi president of the

Mesherano Jirga The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga ( ps, د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the lower House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). It was effectively diss ...

(House of Elders), and he was reappointed several times until the King was overthrown.Frank, Clements,
in Afghanistan a historical encyclopedia
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2003. p. 171 Abdul Hadi died in 1982 in Kabul.

References

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