Tahir Shubab

Infobox Musical artist


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Name = _fa. طاهر شباب
Tahir Shubab
Background = cornsilk
Born = 1969
flagicon|Afghanistan Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Genre = Pop
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = Various

Tahir Shubab (Persian: طاهر شباب) (also spelled as Taher Schubab) is a Tajik singer. He is based out of Frankfurt, Germany. Tahir Shubab is the older brother of Tajik singer Sediq Shubab.

Tahir Shubab was born in Panjshir, north-east Afghanistan, near Kabul. After completed his first two years of school in Panjshir, Tahir's family moved to Kabul for education and later moved again to Ghazni. After spending two years in Ghazni, he returned to Kabul and there completed his education at the "Music Lyceum". Tahir first gained popularity in 1983 with his song "Baaz Ham Afghani Asti". He has since recorded over 40 songs in Persian, Hindi and some songs in Pashto. He became mostly famous when he composed songs about his hometown the Panjshirvalley, about "Khorasan" (name of modern Afghanistan between the 3rd A.D and middle of the 19th century) and about the Tajik hero Ahmad Shah Massud. He also sings sometime Persian-Hindi mixed songs like "Dil" (pers.: "Heart").

Discography

Albums

* 2000: "Tora Shpa"
* 2002: "Sawdagar"
* 2004: "Banjara Mama "
* Merawam Akhir

References

*cite web |url=http://www.mastana.net/news/tahir-shubab-dvd.php|title= Tahir Shubab's First DVD!|accessmonthday= December 23|accessyear= 2007|author= Samie Sagzai|date=2005-10-30 |publisher= Mastana.net

External links

* [http://www.afghanmusix.com Large Collection of Tahir Shubab]