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A translation (Pashto to English) of selected 141 poems of Ghani Khan, called The Pilgrim of Beauty, has been authored by Imtiaz Ahmad Sahibzada, a friend and admirer of the poet. The book was printed in 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a joint initiative by individual donors in Pakistan and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Afghanistan.
Ahmad Shah first settled the dispute of leadership, asserting himself as the leader of Durrani tribesmen by forcing the former leader to step down. Ahmad Shah also killed 'Abd al-Ghani Khan, his uncle and the governor of Kandahar to secure complete power over the Durrani regiments. With the dispute over leadership concluded, Ahmad Shah's forces ...
Ahmad Shah Gujjar (c. 16th century – 17th century), commonly known as Ahmad Gujjar, was a 16th and 17th-centuries Punjabi Muslim poet, during the regime of the Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah. He was the first Punjabi-Muslim writer to create a poetic version of the famous Hir-Ranjha story.
Rahman Baba (1653–1711) born at Lakkimarwat, poet. Abdul Hamid Baba (?–c.1732) born near Peshawer, he was a poet. Hussain Hotak (?–1738) born at Kandahar, poet, king. Afzal Khan Khattak (?–c.1770) poet, grandson of Khushal Khattak. Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at Kandahar he was a poet, king, founder of Afghanistan.
Ahmad Shah retired to his home in the mountains east of Kandahar, where he died in 1772. [31] He had succeeded to a remarkable degree in balancing tribal alliances and hostilities, and in directing tribal energies away from rebellion. He earned recognition as Ahmad Shah Baba, or "Father" of Afghanistan. [2]
Zarghona Anna (died 1772), [1] [2] also written as Zarghona Anaa, was an Afghan poet. [3] [4] She was the mother of Ahmad Shah Durrani (r. 1747–1772).[2] [5] Her mausoleum is located in the Kohak village of Arghandab District in southern Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, a short distance to the west of Baba Wali Kandhari's historical site.
What Should Then Be Done O People of the East; Traveller (Persian: پس چہ باءد کرد اے اقوامِ مشرق مع مسافر; Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Mashriq Ma'a Musafir) was a philosophical poetry book in Persian of Muhammad Iqbal, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. It was published in 1936. A translation ...
She came to be regarded as the "Mother of the Afghan Nation", gaining respect through her poetry and her strong support for the Pashtunwali code. [3] Nazo called for Pashtunwali to be made the law of the confederacy of Pashtun tribes , and she arbitrated conflicts between the Ghilji and Sadozai tribes so as to encourage their alliance against ...