Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi (24 November 1903 – 20 January 1994) was an

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. He was born in

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in November 1903, and was educated at

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. From 1925 to 1928, he served as director general of the Protocol Branch. In 1928, Abdul Wahab Tarzi became the acting

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. On January 26, 1928, he was given the high prestige of officer, with the Order of the

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of France. In 1929, Tarzi married Khadija, a daughter of Amir Habibullah Khan. She died in 1995. Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi would spend most of the rest of his career as a professor, mainly in

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from 1939 to 1952.

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