Sayed Mansur Naderi سید منصور نادری | |
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| Second Vice President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 1992–1996 | |
| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Member of Wolesi Jirga | |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Constituency | Baghlan Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sayed Mansur Naderi January 12,1936 |
| Party | National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan |
| Spouse(s) | Mastoora Naderi Parween Naderi (and two other wives) |
| Children | Sayed Jafar Naderi Sadat Mansoor Naderi Farkhunda Zahra Naderi Sayed Jawid Naderi Sayed Atash Naderi Suraya Naderi Sayed Ershad Naderi Sayed Gohar Naderi Sayed Abdul Qadir Naderi |
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| Residence(s) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Sayed Mansur Naderi (Template:Lang-fa; born January 12, 1936) is an Afghan political and religious leader who holds the traditional title of Sayed of Kayan. He is the leader of Afghanistan's Ismaili community, which is centered in Baghlan Province. [1] Naderi served as Second Vice President of Afghanistan under President Burhanuddin Rabbani from 1992 to 1996, [2] and was elected to the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Afghan Parliament) in 2005. He founded the National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Paiwand Milli). [3]
Sayed Mansur Naderi was born on January 12, 1936, in Afghanistan. He is the son of Sayed Nader Shah Kayani, a prominent Ismaili religious leader and poet who held the hereditary title of Sayed of Kayan. [4]
Naderi inherited the traditional position of Sayed of Kayan, serving as the local representative and leader of Afghanistan's Ismaili community, which follows Ismaili Shia Islam under the spiritual leadership of the Aga Khan. [1]
During the reign of King Mohammed Zahir Shah, Naderi served as Vice President of Parliament. [5] In the 1960s, he was imprisoned along with several family members but was later released. [6]
Following the Saur Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Naderi received government funding and arms to form a local militia of Ismaili supporters. He became a general and governor of Baghlan Province. [1] The militia grew to approximately 12,000–18,000 troops by 1989, organized as the 80th Infantry Division under the command of his son Sayed Jafar Naderi. [7] [8]
The militia's primary role was protecting supply routes through Baghlan Province, particularly the Salang Tunnel, which connected northern Afghanistan to Kabul. Naderi maintained control over the strategically important Pul-i-Khumri area. [1]
Following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, Naderi and his son Sayed Jafar Naderi played a significant role in the fall of President Mohammad Najibullah's government. According to the Parliament of Australia's research service, the Naderis collaborated with Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and other non-Pashtun leaders to disrupt supply routes from the former Soviet Union, contributing to Najibullah's downfall in 1992. [9]
Naderi was involved in founding the National Islamic Movement, a political organization advocating for minority rights and federal governance in Afghanistan. [10]
From 1992 to 1996, Naderi served as Second Vice President of Afghanistan under President Burhanuddin Rabbani. [11] During this period, he maintained influence in several northern provinces including Baghlan, Badakhshan, Samangan, Kunduz, and Balkh. Kayan served as a center for peace negotiations between various Mujahideen factions. [12]
In August 1998, Taliban forces captured northern Afghanistan including Kayan. Naderi and his son Sayed Jafar Naderi were defeated after resisting Taliban advances. Naderi fled to Uzbekistan, where he remained until the fall of the Taliban in 2001. [13]
Naderi returned to Afghanistan in 2002 following the fall of the Taliban. He was elected to the Wolesi Jirga in 2005 representing Baghlan Province. [14]
Naderi founded the National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Paiwand Milli), which advocated for Ismaili representation and minority rights in Afghan politics. The party supported Hamid Karzai in the 2009 presidential election, Ashraf Ghani in 2014, and Abdullah Abdullah in 2019. [15] [16] [17]
Naderi served as patron for the creation of the world's largest handwritten Quran in Afghanistan. The manuscript, completed in 2012 after five years of work by scholars, is housed in the Hakim Naser Khusraw Balkhi Cultural Center in Kabul. [18]
In the 1990s, Naderi established a drug addiction treatment center in Kayan Valley to provide medical services to those addicted to drugs and opium, primarily serving patients from Badakhshan Province. [19]
Naderi's children have held prominent positions in Afghan politics:
His nephew, Sayed Dawood Naderi, was elected to parliament from Kunduz Province. [24]
His brother, Rawnaq Naderi, was a poet who was executed in 1979 during the rule of Hafizullah Amin. [25]
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