A Kakar Pashtun, famous poet, diplomat, and government official who published unde the pen name Pareshan (worried). He was elected senator and became president of the senate from 1966 to 1973. Born in 1894 in Kabul, he was a graduate of the first class of Habibia High School in 1912. In the same year he became assistant editor of the famous Seraj al-Ald1bar (q.v.) and in 1920 of the Aman-i Afghan (q.v.).
He entered the foreign service, participating in the Rawalpindi and Mussoorie peace conferences. He was appointed Afghan minister in London in 1922, served as minister of commerce from 1925 until his resignation in 1928, and as Afghan minister in Berlin from December 1929-31. From 1933 until 1946 he was imprisoned as an Amanullah supporter.
In 1950 he was elected to parliament and became speaker of the House. He served as secretary of King Muhammad Zahir and tutor of the crown prince. He was appointed ambassador to Cairo (1952-1954), and to Jakarta (1954-58). He retired from political life and died in 1982 in Kabul.
