That man is Prince Zaland Sherzad (most of his American friends call him simply Z), a member of the royal family headed by the aging, exiled former King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah. (The king's mother and Zaland's grandmother were sisters, and his grandfather was a brother to the king's father as well.) Born in Kabul in 1939, Zaland grew up in a period of relative stability in Afghanista