ABSTRACT
The Plot of Gholam Nabi Khan, 1932.— When the revolution led by the brigand Habibulla broke out Gholam Nabi Khan, as mentioned in the previous chapter, acting in the interests of Amanulla, captured Mazar-i-Sharif, but upon hearing of the "abdication of that monarch he had retired across the Oxus. After the accession of Nadir Shah, Gholam Nabi, tendering his submission, returned to Afghanistan. Proofs were, however, shortly forthcoming that, aided by Soviet agents, he was conspiring with Ghilzai, Durrani and other tribesmen for the restoration to the throne of Amanulla. Confronted by Nadir Shah with the proofs o f his guilt, Gholam Nabi made no attempt to justify his treasonable conduct and was summarily executed. On the following day the General Assembly approved of this act o f justice, which had taken place on November 8,
J93 2The Assassination of King Nadir Shah, November 8,
I 933 -— The new order in Afghanistan was not destined to be established without three tragedies. The first was the murder at Berlin in July, 1933, A ziz Khan, an elder brother of the King, who was Afghan Minister. The assassin was a member of a body of Afghan students
who were drug addicts. Upon his arrest he declared that his action constituted a protest against the British being permitted to take control o f the tribes of the North-West Frontier. In the same year another member of the same body, after failing to reach the British Minister, murdered the Mir Munshi and an English chauffeur. The third tragedy was by far the most serious. On that November day King Nadir Shah was attacked by some of his own trusted servants just outside the royal harem. The assassins shot him three times and then despatched him with daggers. The cause of this murder was revenge for the execution of Gholam Nabi, the chief assassin being the son o f one of that traitor’s servants. He struck exactly one year after the death of Gholam Nabi.
