Ghulam Nabi Nasher (10 May 1926 – 25 June 2010) was the son of Loe Khan Nasher and grandson of
Sher Khan Nasher
Sher Khan Nashir (also: Nasher) was the hereditary Grand Khan (Loy Khan) of the Nashir clan of the Kharoti (Ghilji) tribe and governor (Wali) of Northern Afghanistan in the 1930s, known as the "father of Kunduz. He was apparently poisoned by the K ...
. He was an ethnic
Pushtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
, the hereditary Khan of the
Kharoti
The Kharoti (Pashto: خروټی) are a Pashtun tribe of Ghilji origin, originating in the central part of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, but can be also found in other parts of the country. The Kharoti settled in Kharotabad in Quetta, British In ...
(Ghilzai) tribe, born in
Qarabagh, Ghazni. Ghulam Nabi Nasher was the Mayor of
Kunduz
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and later he was elected for two terms as a Senator from Kunduz. During the time of King Zaher Shah, he served as the president for the upper house (house of Lords) of the Afghan Parliament.
He was an avid philanthropist and bequeathed his home in Falls Church VA to the local Islamic center.
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Pashtun people
1926 births
2010 deaths
Members of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
Presidents of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
Mayors of places in Afghanistan