Muhammad Hasan
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Muhammad Hasan was a Prince in the Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

i House of Barakzai.

Biography

Prince Hasan born in 1902 and was the third son of General HRH Sardar Muhammad 'Umar Khan and his fourth wife, Bibi Daulat.

Prince Hasan served as Aide-de-Camp
Aide-de-camp
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 to King Amānullāh Khān
Amanullah Khan
Amanullah Khan was the King of the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, first as Amir and after 1926 as Shah. He led Afghanistan to independence over its foreign affairs from the United Kingdom, and his rule was marked by dramatic political and social change...

 during the period 1926-1927 and as Court Chamberlain
Chamberlain (office)
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 during the period 1927-1928. In October 1927, he married Princess Razia Begum, a younger daughter of King Habibullah Khan. They had one son (Prince Abdullah Hasan, b. February 1929) and one daughter (Princess Halima Hasan, b 4 June 1939).

He entered into exile in Italy in 1929 as a result of the successful rebellion against the King led by Habibullāh Kalakāni. With his wife, he founded the Rome Mosque
Mosque of Rome
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. He died in Rome, Italy.

Honours

Year Award
1926 Granted the title of Sardar-i-'Ala
1st class of the (Afghan) Order of the Leader
1927 Grand Cross of the (Egyptian) Order of Ismail
1928 Knight Grand Cross of the (Italian) Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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1928 Grand Cross of the (Belgian) Order of Leopold II
Order of Leopold II
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1928 Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the (British) Royal Victorian Order
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1928 Grand Cross of the (Polish) Order of Polonia Restituta
1928 Knight Commander of the (Iranian) Order of the Crown
Order of the Crown (Iran)
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1928 Grand Officier of the (French) Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
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