Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan (Pashto: سردار شاه ولی خان) (April 16, 1888 – April 1977), also known as Field Marshal Sardar Shah Wali Khan Ghazi, was a political and military figure in Afghanistan. He was a member of the Musahiban and an uncle of both King Zahir and President Mohammed Daoud Khan. He was a full brother of Prime Minister Shah Mahmud Khan, King Mohammad Nadir Shah and paternal half-brother of Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Khan.
He was the father of Lieutenant-General Abdul Wali Khan, cousin and senior power behind the throne of King Zahir during the 1963-1973 constitutional period and throughout their exile.
Career
Commander of Royal Bodyguard in 1906
Commander of Cavalry Corps in 1921
Equerry to King Amanullah in 1924
Commander-in-chief of the army that defeated Habibullah Kalakani (also known as Bacha-ye Saqqow) and captured Kabul on 10 October 1929, for which he received the titles of Ghazi and Fateh-e-Kabul ("Conqueror of Kabul").
Viceroy to King Nader Shah in 1929
Acting Minister for Defence from 1935 to 1936
Acting Prime Minister from 1936 to 1937
Ambassador to Pakistan from 1948 to 1949.
