Editing Mohammad Zahir Shah (section)

===Family===

He married his first cousin [[Humaira Begum]] (1918–2002) on 7 November 1931 in [[Kabul]]. They had six sons and two daughters:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Name
! rowspan=2 | Birth
! rowspan=2 | Death
! colspan=2 | Marriage
! rowspan=2 | Their children
|-
! Date !! Spouse
|-
| rowspan=3|Princess [[Princess Bilqis Begum|Bilqis Begum]]
| rowspan=3|{{birth date and age|1932|4|17|df=y}}
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|1951
| rowspan=3|Abdul Wali Khan
| Princess Humaira Begum
|-
| Princess Wana Begum
|-
| Princess Mayana Khanum
|-
| Crown Prince [[Muhammed Akbar Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan|Muhammed Akbar Khan]]
| 4 August 1933
| {{death date and age|1942|11|26|1933|8|4|df=y}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan=3| Crown Prince [[Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan|Ahmad Shah Khan]]
| rowspan=3| {{birth date|1934|9|23|df=y}}
| rowspan=3| {{Death date and age|2024|06|5|1934|September|23|df=yes}}
| rowspan=3|1961
| rowspan=3|Khatul Begum
| Prince Muhammad Zahir Khan
|-
| Prince Muhammad Emel Khan
|-
| Princess Hawa Khanum 
|-
| Princess [[Princess Maryam Begum|Maryam Begum]]
| {{birth date|1936|11|2|df=y}}
| {{death date and age|2021|12|25|1936|11|2|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dw.com/fa-af/مریم-نعیم-شاهدخت-افغانستان-در-کابل-درگذشت/a-60260424|work=Deutsche Welle Dari|date=26 December 2021|access-date=5 April 2022 |title=شاهدخت افغانستان در کابل درگذشت – Dw – ۱۴۰۰/۱۰/۵}}</ref>
| 1960
| Sardar Muhammad Aziz Khan Naim
| Sardar Nadir Khan Naim
|-
| rowspan=2|Prince Muhammed Nadir Khan
| rowspan=2|{{birth date|1941|5|21|df=y}}
| rowspan=2|{{death date and age|2022|4|3|1941|5|21|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/pashto/afghanistan-60978843|title=د افغانستان د پخواني پاچا ظاهر شاه زوی 'محمد نادر ظاهر' وفات شو |work=BBC Pashto|date=4 April 2022|access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|6 February 1964
| rowspan=2|Lailuma Begum
| Prince Mustapha Zahir Khan
|-
| Prince Muhammad Daud Jan
|-
| rowspan=2|Prince Shah Mahmoud Khan
| rowspan=2|15 November 1946
| rowspan=2|{{death date and age|2002|12|7|1946|11|15|df=y}}
| rowspan=2|18 April 1966
| rowspan=2|Safura Begum
| Princess Bilqis Khanum
|-
| Princess Ariane Khanum
|-
| rowspan=2|Prince Muhammed Daoud Pashtunyar Khan
| rowspan=2|{{birth date and age|1949|4|14|df=y}}
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|2 February 1973
| rowspan=2|Fatima Begum
| Prince Duran Daud Khan
|-
| [[Noal, Princess of the Sa'id|Princess Noal Khanum]]
|-
| Prince Mirwais Khan
| rowspan="3" | 7 January 1957
| rowspan="3" |{{death date and age|2023|9|29|1957|1|7|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prince Mirwais Zahir, Youngest Son of Afghanistan's Former King, Has Died |url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-185337 |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=TOLOnews |language=en}}</ref>
| 
| Farkhudna Begum
| Princess Safya Zaher
|}

In January 2009, an article by Ahmad Majidyar of the [[American Enterprise Institute]] included one of his grandsons, Mustafa Zahir, on a list of fifteen possible candidates in the [[2009 Afghan presidential election]].<ref name="AeiAfghanElections2009">
{{cite news
| url=http://www.aei.org/outlook/100003
| title=Afghanistan's Presidential Election
| quote=Zaher is the grandson of the late King Muhammad Zaher Shah. He is currently head of Afghanistan's environment preservation department and a member of the UNF. There has been speculation that the UNF will nominate Zaher as its candidate for the upcoming election. Despite being an heir to the royal family, he lacks a popular base.
| date=January 2009
| author=Ahmad Majidyar
| publisher=[[American Enterprise Institute]]
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908041152/http://www.aei.org/docLib/20090129-No1MEO23850g.pdf
| archive-date=8 September 2009
}}</ref> However, Mustafa did not become a candidate. His granddaughter, Princess Noal of Afghanistan, is the wife of [[Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id]], the heir apparent to the abolished thrones of Egypt and Sudan.