Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar

Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar
میرغلام‌محمد غبار
Born 1897
Kabul, Afghanistan
Died 1978 (aged 80–81)
Kabul, Afghanistan
Nationality Afghanistan
Occupation Writer, poet, journalist, politician

Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar (Persian: میرغلام‌محمد غبار‎ (1897 – February 5, 1978) was a politician, writer, prominent historian, journalist, and a poet from Afghanistan.[1] He is the author of a number of books, including Afghanistan's history book called Afghanistan in the Course of History.[2] He has also written Tareekh-e Ahmad Shah Baba in 1943, which is about the 18th century Afghan Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani and his Durrani Empire.

Ghobar was born in or about 1897 in the city of Kabul, in Afghanistan to a Sayyid family.[3][4] He spent some of his time in the cities of Kandahar and Farah, in the south of the country where he wrote several of his books. He was fluent in Persian and Pashto languages.

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan Online: Biography (Other Personalities in Afghan History)". www.afghan-web.com. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  2. ↑ Ghobar, Mir Gholam Mohammad (February 28, 2001). Afghanistan in the Course of History, Volume Two (1st ed.). Alexandria, VA: Hashmat K Gobar. ISBN 9780970796400.
  3. ↑ Reddy, L. R. (2011). Inside Afghanistan: End of the Taliban Era?. APH Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 81-7648-319-2. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  4. ↑ Adamec, Ludwig W. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-8108-7957-3. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
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