Soraya Tarzi

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Soraya Tarzi was a pioneering Afghan queen and women's rights advocate in the early 20th century who played a key role in her country’s modernization.

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Queen of Afghanistan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan person
feminist
human
queen consort
women's rights activist
burialPlace Rome NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus secular icon of Afghan women's rights
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1899-11-24
dateOfDeath 1968-04-20
educatedIn Damascus NERFINISHED
endTime 1929
ethnicGroup Pashtun NERFINISHED
familyName Tarzi NERFINISHED
father Mahmud Tarzi NERFINISHED
givenName Soraya NERFINISHED
hasOccupation philanthropist
political activist
queen
influenced Afghan women's education policies in the 1920s
subsequent Afghan women's rights activists
influencedBy Mahmud Tarzi NERFINISHED
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
Turkish
memberOf Barakzai dynasty NERFINISHED
mother Asma Rasmya NERFINISHED
movement modernization of Afghanistan
women's rights movement
nativeLanguage Pashto
Persian
notableEvent accompanied Amanullah Khan on European tour in 1927–1928
publicly removed her veil at a 1928 gathering in Kabul
notableFor advocacy of women's emancipation in early 20th-century Afghanistan
pioneering role in modernization of Afghanistan
notableWork advocacy for girls' education in Afghanistan
campaign against forced veiling and seclusion
support for legal reforms improving women's status
placeOfBirth Damascus NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Italy
Rome
positionHeld Queen consort of Afghanistan NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Kabul NERFINISHED
Rome
sexOrGender female
spouse Amanullah Khan NERFINISHED
startTime 1919

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Amanullah Khan spouse Soraya Tarzi
Gulrukh Begum titleHeld Soraya Tarzi
this entity surface form: Queen of Afghanistan