Ghulam Nabi Khan
Afghan envoy to the Soviet Union
About Ghulam Nabi Khan
Ghulam Nabi Khan was an Afghan military general and the Envoy to France in 1926. He was invited to what he thought was a meeting with Nadir Shah where he could persuade him to allow King Amanullah to return to Afghanistan. Instead he was beaten to death and his six-year-old son was jailed.
Ghulam Nabi Khan, a Tajik Sardar was also an ambassador to Moscow and was killed without trial by the authority of King Nadir Shah. His father was Ghulam Haider Khan, a General under the Iron Amir, Abdur Rahman Khan. One of his household servants was Abdul Khaliq Hazara, who assassinated Nadir Shah in 1933.
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Who was Ghulam Nabi Khan?
Afghan envoy to the Soviet Union
When did Ghulam Nabi Khan die?
Ghulam Nabi Khan died in 1932.
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