Mah Parwar Begum
SuccessionConsort of the Afghan monarch
Consortyes
Reign15 October 1929 – 8 November 1933
SpouseMohammed Nadir Shah
FatherSardar Muhammad Asif Khan
MotherMurwarid Begum
Birth date12 June 1887
Birth placeTehran, Qajar Iran
Death date13 December 1941
Death placeTehran, Imperial State of Iran
Burial placeKing Nadir Shah Mausoleum
IssueSardar Muhammad Tahir Khan
King Muhammad Zahir Shah
Tahera Khanum
Princess Zuhra Begum
Princess Zamina Begum
Princess Sultana Begum
Princess Bilqis Begum

Mah Parwar Begum (12 June 1887 — 13 December 1941) was the royal consort of Afghanistan. She belonged to the Babakar Khel clan from the Ghilzai tribe and was the third daughter of Sardar Muhammad Asif Khan and of his second wife, Murwarid Begum. She was the only wife of Mohammed Nadir Shah and the mother of Mohammed Zahir Shah, both Kings of Afghanistan. Her daughter Zamina Begum was the 1st First Lady of Afghanistan, as the spouse of Mohammed Daoud Khan.[citation needed]

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