Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai
War Hero of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan war from Swabi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai (Pashto: نثار محمد یوسفزی Russian: Нисор Мухаммад Юсуфзай; born 1897, died October 8, 1937) was an Afghan communist revolutionary and politician of Swabi who played a significant role in the creation of Tajikistan. A decorated soldier of the Third Anglo-Afghan War, Nisar would take part in a Soviet expedition in Gilan and later lobby for the creation of a Tajik SSR within the USSR, Nisar would serve as Tajikistan's first Minister of Education from 1926 until his murder in 1937.
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Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai | |
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نسار محمد یوسفزی Нисор Мухаммад Юсуфзай | |
People's Commissariat for Education | |
In office 1926–1937 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
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Born | 1897 Swabi, North-West Frontier Province (now Pakistan) |
Died | (1937-10-08)8 October 1937 (aged 39–40) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union Communist Party of Tajikistan |
Awards | Order of Gallantry (Emirate of Afghanistan) Hero of Tajikistan |
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Allegiance | Emirate of Afghanistan (1919) Soviet Union (1919–1937) |
Branch/service | Royal Afghan Army |
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