Mahmud Tarzi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mahmud Tarzi

Afghan writer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1865

Place of Birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1933

Profession: writer, poet, politician, diplomat, historian, journalist

Nationality: Afghanistan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi (Pashto: ????? ?????, Dari: ????? ??? ????; August 23, 1865 – November 22, 1933) was a politician and one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals.
He is known as the father of Afghan journalism.
As a prominent modern thinker, he became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism.
Tarzi emulated the Young Turks coalition.