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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Queen of Afghanistan 1
Soraya Tarzi canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan person ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
burialPlace Rome ⓘ
canonizationStatus secular icon of Afghan women's rights ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-11-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1968-04-20 ⓘ
educatedIn Damascus ⓘ
endTime 1929 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pashtun ⓘ
linked to: Pashtuns
familyName Tarzi ⓘ
father Mahmud Tarzi ⓘ
givenName Soraya ⓘ
hasOccupation philanthropist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
queen ⓘ
influenced Afghan women's education policies in the 1920s ⓘ
subsequent Afghan women's rights activists ⓘ
influencedBy Mahmud Tarzi ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
memberOf Barakzai dynasty ⓘ
mother Asma Rasmya ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of Afghanistan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Kabul ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Amanullah Khan ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amanullah Khan → spouse → Soraya Tarzi ⓘ
Gulrukh Begum → titleHeld → Queen of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soraya Tarzi