Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai
Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai (Pashto: نثار محمد یوسفزی; Russian: Нисор Мухаммад Юсуфзай, romanized: Nisor Mukhammad Yusufzay; 1897 – 8 October 1937) was an Afghan communist revolutionary, educationist, soldier and Soviet politician 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 be one of the main proponents advocating for the creation of a Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union.