In 1929, when Habībullāh Kalakānī – a local Tajik from Kalakan – deposed Amānullāh Khān, Khalili joined his uncle Abdul Rahim Khan Safi, the new governor of Herat, where he remained for more than 10 years.
There he befriended a number of Sufis in the region including Khalilullah Khalili.
Shāh Khalīlullāh III | Nader Khalili | Khan el-Khalili | Khalilullah Khalili | Khalilullah II | Jim Al-Khalili |