Tahir Shubab
Tahir Shubab was born in Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province, into a family originally from Panjshir. The family moved while he was still in his first years at school — to Kabul, then to Ghazni, then back to Kabul, where he completed his training at the capital's music high school. He broke through in 1983 with Baz Ham Afghani Asti, and has recorded upwards of forty songs since. Sources agree that he works in Dari and Pashto and disagree on the third language, naming either Urdu or Hindi; either way he is one of the comparatively few Afghan singers of his generation to record across that range. He has lived for many years in Frankfurt. He is the brother of Sediq Shubab, the singer known as the king of qarsak, and the two have often recorded together — unusually for a family whose background was military rather than musical. Sediq also has a catalogue on Sandar. His life is thinly documented, and what is written here is drawn largely from secondary sources. Corrections from anyone who knows his work are welcome.
55 songs on Sandar, including 42 with video. Stream them free, or go ad-free with Plus.
Songs by Tahir Shubab
- Aagha Zemong Kor Da
- ATTAN
- Ba Soi Man
- Dastaan
- Dokhtar Che Shakar
- Dokhtare Hazara
- Dukhtarak Bamiyan Mora
- Gela Gozaari
- Gham Darom
- Gul Dukhtar Afghan
- Jafa Kad
- Judai
- Kabul Janan
- Khaista Tapey
- Khoda Midanad
- Khuda Poshto Panayat
- Maara Beryan Kada
- Madar
- Mangai
- Musafeer
- Namisha Namisha
- Naz
- Qarsak
- Rafti
- Sanama
- Sra
- Tora Ba Kase Deda Natanam
- Yaara Sta
- Yak So Gham Qawm
- Ya Qurban
- Zaar Kabobet
- Zema Sanam
- Ze Yuma Nor
- Zulf
Music videos
- Aagha Zemong Kor Da
- Afghani Aste
- Agha Zemong Kor De
- Arman Arman
- Arman Arman
- Dastan
- Dokhtaraye Afghani
- Dokhtare Hazara
- Gela Gozaari
- Gham Daram Daram
- Gham Darom
- Gudar Ta Zeena
- Jelwa
- Kabul Janan
- Khaista Tapey
- Khoda Midanad
- Khuda Poshto Panayat
- Lah Lah
- Laila Dera Khaista Da
- Mangai
- Mirawam
- Miwaram
- Morey Banjara
- Mubarak
- Musafeer
- Namisha Namisha
- Naz
- Qarsak
- Qarsak Panjshir
- Rafti
- Rafti Rafi Yar
- Sanama
- Shaista Nawake
- Sra
- With Farzana Naz
- With Ustad Arman
- Yaara Sta
- Ya Qurban
- Yara Sta Pe Walango Ke
- Zaar Kabobet
- Zema Sanam
- Zulf