Timeline of A Thousand Splendid Suns

By ekueker
  • Mariam is Born

    Mariam is Born

    Mariam is born.

  • The Afghan Communist Party Forms

  • The Republic of Afghanistan is Established

  • Kahn Rises to Power

    Kahn overthrows the Afghan king, abolishes the monarchy, and declares himself president.

  • Nana Commits Suicide

    Nana commits suicide in 1974, leaving Mariam no choice but to go live with Jalil... until he marries her off to Rasheed.

  • Mariam Has Her First Miscarriage

  • A New Constitution is Proposed

    Khan proposed the idea of a constitution that granted women new rights and modernized communist state.

  • Khan is Killed

  • Laila is Born

    Laila is Born

    Laila, the daughter of Mariam and Rasheed's neighbors Fariba and Hakim, is born.

  • The United States Cuts off Assistance to Afghanistan

  • Jalil Dies

    Jalil Dies

  • Afghanistan Signs a Peace Treaty with the US, Pakistan, and the Soviet Union

  • Laila Marries Rasheed

    Laila Marries Rasheed

  • Aziza is Born

    Aziza is Born

  • Mariam, Laila, and Aziza Try to Leave Kabul

  • The Taliban Rises to Power

  • The Taliban Comes to Kabul

  • Tariq Comes Back to Kabul

  • Mariam Kills Rasheed

    Mariam Kills Rasheed

  • Mariam Dies

    Mariam Dies

    Mariam is executed after she kills Rasheed.

  • Taliban is Forced Out of Power by American Troops

  • Laila, Tariq, and Their Family Return to Kabul