User:Pediadude321/sandbox



Mr. Khairzada in London.

Khair Momet Kahn

(Khair also spelled Kheir) (Momet also spelled Mohmet) (Kahn also spelled Kaan, Cohan, and Khan)

He lived between (1901–1976), (Eastern-Persian: Khairzada خیرزاده), he was the patriarch of a specific Khairzada family group. Specific  because Khairzada has become a common surname among several other Eastern-Persian speaking families, they are not related to the aforementioned patriarchal branded family. Other variation also include the form "Kheirzadeh" in the Western-Persian dialect. The prefix "Khair" is a term commonly used to offer forgiveness, kindness, and gratitude. The stem "zada", "zadah", or "zadeh" has the same meaning, the english variations are dependent on the Persian dialect used, the word means ancestor, decent, or lineage in Persian.

By profession, Mr. Khairzada was a banker and a businessman. He was born in 1901 and was educated at Lycee Academia, a French style School that trained the disciplines of accountancy and finance. He later became a great friend of another progressive and modern thinker, King Amanullah Kahn (1919–1929). During their friendship and having mutual ideals he was appointed as the governor of Herat Provence from (1922–1929). After serving as governor and fulfilling the duties of the King, he moved to the neighboring city Mashid in Iran, residing there until establishing several international business ventures and traveling with his family.

Later during an ample time, while Reza Shah was modernizing the Iranian banking system in the region, Mr. Khairzada and fellow business associates, namely Mr. Majid Zabuli in 1933 established Bank-e-Milli (BMA) translated to The National Bank and Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) translated to Afghan Central Bank. He and his partners introduced modern banking system in Afghanistan at a key time and conjunction when efforts to modernize banking infrastructure were progressively implemented throughout Iran and Afghanistan. Later he served as vice chairman of BMA and acting governor of DBA. In 1976, he died in an automobile accident while traveling between estates.

He is survived by several children, with some who were educated in European and American boarding schools from an early age. Mr. Khairzada was legendary, a successful businessman, and a banker who had embarked on many business ventures throughout Asia and Europe. Besides gaining lucrative wealth through his investments, he also invested in the education of the poor by building several schools in remote villages.

Lastly, Mr. Khairzada was partners with several prominent Persian-Jewish businessman from Herat City. Together with these entrepreneurs they started a lucrative export import business. Soon after he established a trading company with partners, Mr. Khairzada's main export was sheepskin to Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France. Alternatively, the same nations also imported goods like German vehicles, Italian and French fashion products, an assortment of British and American technologies such as camera's via the Khairzada trading firm.



Mr. Zabuli above, Mr. Khairzada's partner and friend.





Pictures of Shah Aman, the former progressive king and his wife Queen Soraya Tarzi.



Picture of Reza Kahn (Right) with the Queen and young prince Pahlavi. Shah Reza was the King (Shah) of the Pahlavi dynasty that presided over Mashid, Khorasan Provance when Mr. Khairzada took residence there.