Copyright Peter Ruber, Victor A. Berch, Richard Bleiler and Larry Estep
Compiled by Peter Ruber, Victor A. Berch, Richard Bleiler and Larry Estep
Achmed Abdullah
(May 12, 1881 - May 12, 1945)
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(Afghan name: Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el Iddrissyeh)
Born Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, in Yalta, Crimea, Russia.
Father was second cousin to Russian Czar Nicholas Romanoff; mother was an Afghan princess. His parents divorced when he was young, after his mother tried to poison his father for having multiple affairs. He and his brothers and sister were then adopted and raised by his maternal grandparents. Was born Russian Orthodox, but raised as a Moslem by his grandparents. Later in life he considered himself a Roman Catholic. Sent to England at age 12 to be educated at Eton; then to Oxford Univ.
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