Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar

Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghubar
میرغلام‌محمد غبار
Born1897
Died1978 (aged 8081)
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, journalist, politician
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Social Democratic Party of Afghanistan
حزب سوسیال دموکرات افغانستان
LeaderMir Ghulam Muhammad Ghubar
Founded1952
Dissolved1964
Preceded byWeekh Zalmian
Merged intoShola-e Javid
Succeeded byParcham
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Progressivism
Secularism
Republicanism
Social democracy
Political positionLeft-wing to Centre-left
International affiliationSocialist International

Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghubar (Dari: میرغلام‌محمد غبار (1897 February 5, 1978) was a social democratic politician, writer, prominent historian, journalist, and a poet from Afghanistan. He is the author of a number of books, including Afghanistan in the Course of History, and Tareekh-e Ahmad Shah Baba (1943), which is about Ahmad Shah Durrani, the 18th century founder of the Durrani Empire.

Ghubar was born in or about 1897 in the city of Kabul. He spent some of his time in the cities of Qandahar and Farah, in the south of the country where he wrote several of his books. His native language was Persian.