Ghulam Nabi Nashir was the son of Loe Khan Nashir and grandson of Sher Mohammad Khan Nashir

Shir Khan

Shir Khan may refer to:* Sher Khan Nashir, Afghan political leader in Kunduz in the 1930s* Shir Khan Bandar, a town in Afghanistan...

. He was an ethnic Pushtun, the hereditary Khan of the Kharoti

Kharoti

Kharoti is a Pashtun tribe of Ghilzai origin. The tribe has an estimated population of about 2.5 million ....

 (Ghilzai) tribe, born in Qarabagh

Qarabagh

Qarabagh may refer to:*Qarabagh District, Ghazni, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan*Qarabagh District, Kabul, in Kabul Province, AfghanistanSee also:*Karabakh, region in Azerbaijan...

, Ghazni

Ghazni

For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...

. Ghulam Nabi Nashir was the Mayor of Kunduz

Kunduz

Kunduz also known as Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. It is linked by highways with Mazari Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Tajikistan's border to the north...

 and later he was elected for two terms as a Senator from Kunduz. He served as the president for the upper house of the Afghan Parliament. He was prominent for his love and devotion towards Islam, his philanthropic efforts concerning the people of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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, and took pleasure in each day of his life. He is survived by his Malaysian born wife Zawya Nasher