Ghulam Sarwar Nashir an ethnic Pashtun

Pashtun people

Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

, stepson and nephew of Sher Khan Nashir

Sher Khan Nashir

Sher Khan Nashir was an ethnic Pushtun, the hereditary Khan of the Kharoti tribe, governor of Kunduz and the rest of northern Afghanistan in 1930s....

, was the President

President

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 of Spinzar Cotton Company in 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...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. 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

Ghilzai

Ghilzai are the largest Pashtun tribal confederacy found in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are also known historically as Ghilji, Khilji, Ghalji, Ghilzye, and possibly Gharzai...

), he became head of the Spinzar Cotton Company with factories all over Afghanistan, building houses, clubs and hotels under the Spinzar brand.

Through his efforts, Kunduz become one of the richest provinces

Provinces of Afghanistan

The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions of Afghanistan. As of 2004, there are thirty-four provinces in the country. Each province is further divided into smaller districts....

 of the pre-war country. He founded the Nashir Library and Museum, as he was an avid photographer, art collector and philanthropist.

Nashir was jailed after Prince Mohammed Daoud Khan

Mohammed Daoud Khan

Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan or Daud Khan was Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and later becoming the President of Afghanistan...

's coup in 1973 because of a personal feud. In 1979, Nasher went to live in England

England

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 and Germany

Germany

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and died there in 1984. He was survived by two wives and nine children.