by Abdul Khaliq during a graduation ceremony. An ethnic Hazara, Abdul Khaliq was immediately apprehended, tortured and then executed by quartering along with most of his relatives including his father and uncle. According to Hafizullah Emadi, "The government arrested Abdul Khaliq, his family, and friends, and used this opportunity to arrest other potential rivals and execute them on charges of plotting the assassination of King Nadir." His remains were buried in Kabul on Nader Khan Hill (Maranjan Hill). Ancestry Titles and styles During his reign, His Majesty Mohammed Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan. References and footnotes External links Afghanistan Online: Biography – Mohammad Nadir Shah Bārakzay dynasty – Encyclopædia Britannica 1883 births 1933 deaths 20th-century Afghan monarchs 20th-century Afghan politicians 20th-century murdered monarchs Kings of Afghanistan Barakzai dynasty Ambassadors of Afghanistan to France Assassinated royalty Pashtun people Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur 1929 in Afghanistan 1930s in Afghanistan Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) People from Dehradun