Ghulam Nabi Khan
Afghan envoy to the Soviet Union
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Ghulam Nabi Khan was an Afghan military general and the Envoy to France in 1926.[2][3] 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.[4]
Ghulam Nabi Khan | |
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| Afghan Envoy to the Soviet Union | |
| Afghan Envoy to France | |
| In office 1926–1926 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1890 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 41–42) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Basmachi Movement X |
Ghulam Nabi Khan, a Yusufzai Sardar was also an ambassador to Moscow and was killed without trial by the authority of King Nadir Shah.[5] His father was Ghulam Haider Khan, a General under the Iron Amir, Abdur Rahman Khan.[6] One of his household servants was Abdul Khaliq Hazara, who assassinated Nadir Shah in 1933.