Abdul Khaliq Hazara (assassin)
Abdul Khaliq Hazara | |
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| عبدالخالق هزاره | |
Abdul Khaliq c. 1932 | |
| Born | 1916 |
| Died | 18 December 1933 (aged 16–17) |
| Cause of death | Tortured and dismembered by the Royal Afghan Army |
| Other names | Khaliqo خالقو |
| Occupation | Student |
| Known for | Assassination of King Mohammad Nadir Shah |
| Movement | Amanullah loyalism |
Abdul Khaliq Hazara (Dari/Hazaragi: عبدالخالق هزاره; 1916 — December 18, 1933) was an Afghan Hazara high school student who assassinated the King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Nadir Shah, on 8 November 1933, during an award distribution ceremony. He was quickly arrested, tortured, and later executed by quartering along with most of his relatives.
The motive for the assassination was reportedly in revenge for Nadir Shah's unjust taxes and extrajudicial killings of Hazaras, and for the killing of Ghulam Nabi Charkhi who was a former Afghanistan ambassador to Moscow who took part in the Afghan civil war of 1928-29 as a supporter of the previous ruler of Afghanistan, the reform-minded Amanullah Khan.