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![Mahmud Tarzi and his wife Asma Rasmiya.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Mahmud_Tarzi_and_his_wife_Asma_Rasmiya.jpg)
Credit: www.mahmudtarzi.com (public domain, image Pre-1933)
Mahmūd Bēg Tarzī (1865 - 1933) was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. As a great modern thinker, he became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, leading the charge for modernization and being a strong opponent of religious obscurism.