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Baba’s grandfather married his 3rd wife and Baba’s father
was born. -
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Picture of Baba’s father with King Mohammad Nadir Shah
(displayed in living room). He reigned from 1929-1933. -
King Nadir Shah is assassinated.
Mohammad Sahir(Zahir) Shah takes throne. -
--summer
Amir’s mother, Sofia Akrami, dies -
Hassan’s birth
Sanuabar leaves -
King Mohammad Sahir Shah, away in Italy, is overthrown
by his cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan, ending “the king’s
forty-year reign with a bloodless coup” Daoud abolishes monarchy, establishes himself as Presiden -
Amir wins the kite contest
Hassan’s rape -
Hassan’s surgery
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Amir’s 13th birthday party
Hassan and Ali leave -
Daoud is assassinated
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Russians invade. (March) Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan.
Amir and Baba are in Pakistan -
Amir and Baba come to San Francisco
also 1983 -
Amir graduates from high school
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Amir and Baba begin selling at flea market
Amir meets Soraya
Ali is killed by land mine -
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Rahim Khan goes to find Hassan
Hassan returns to Rahim’s (Baba’s) house in Afghanistan
Baba dies -
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Amir goes on book tour\
Amir and Soraya begin trying to have a family
Shorawi (Russians) withdraw from Afghanistan
Fighting between factions
Berlin wall comes down
Cold War ends
Tiananmen Square -
Hassan’s mother, Sanaubar, returns
Sohrab is born -
Northern Alliance control of Kabul 1992-1996
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Sanaubar dies
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Incident with Rahim Khan and Taliban at soccer game
Taliban massacre of Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif -
Hassan and Farzana are killed
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(June) Amir gets phone call from Rahim Khan asking him
to come to Pakistan
(Summer continues) Amir in Pakistan/ Afghanistan
