The Book of Hussein's Sorrow (A Collection of Pashto Poetry): Reflecting on the Tragedy of Karbala and Imam Hussein’s Sacrifice

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Just as Pashtuns are marginalised in Pakistan, Pashto poetry is yet to get due recognition in Pakistan’s mainstream literary circles, despite its immense and vital tradition.

Froehlich, Annette (August 2019). Allama Iqbal Poetry کلام علامہ محمد اقبال: (Bal-e-Jibril-160) Khushal Khan Ki Wasiyat. ISBN 9783030226565 . Retrieved 30 May 2020. House, Roy Temple (1946). Books Abroad - Volume 20. University of Oklahoma. ... and most popular , of Afghan poets is Abdur Rahman . A member of the Momand tribe Ali, Saleem Hassan (2007). Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution (illustrateded.). MIT Press. p.291. ISBN 978-0262012355 . Retrieved 7 June 2013. Schmidt, Rüdiger, ed. (1989). Compendium Linguarum Iranicarum. Wiesbaden: Reichert. ISBN 3-88226-413-6.Pata Khazana" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011 . Retrieved 27 September 2010.

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, (c. 1914-1996), Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist (painter and sculptor), writer and Pashtun nationalist politician of the 20th century. He was a son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and older brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan. Pashto-speakers have long had a tradition of oral literature, including proverbs, stories, and poems. Written Pashto literature saw a rise in development in the 17th century mostly due to poets like Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689), who, along with Rahman Baba (1650–1715), is widely regarded as among the greatest Pashto poets. From the time of Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722–1772), Pashto has been the language of the court. The first Pashto teaching text was written during the period of Ahmad Shah Durrani by Pir Mohammad Kakar with the title of Maʿrifat al-Afghānī ("The Knowledge of Afghani [Pashto]"). After that, the first grammar book of Pashto verbs was written in 1805 under the title of Riyāż al-Maḥabbah ("Training in Affection") through the patronage of Nawab Mahabat Khan, son of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, chief of the Barech. Nawabullah Yar Khan, another son of Hafiz Rahmat Khan, in 1808 wrote a book of Pashto words entitled ʿAjāyib al-Lughāt ("Wonders of Languages").Khushal substantiated Pashtun Nationalism, hinting that the Pashtuns were blessed with the shrine of " The Kaka", meaning Sayyid Kastir in their land and that the decrets of Kaka Sahib shall be regarded as law abiding on all Pashtuns. [9] In honor of his master Sayyid Kastir Gul, he centered his revolution at the shrine of Sayyid Kastir and announced assemblies ( Jirgas) there. [10] Sayyid Kastir´s descendants, the Kaka Khel were given much influence. [11] Sampson, Robert. "The Poetry of Rahman Baba: The Gentle Side of Pushtun Consciousness." Central Asia 52 (2003): 213–228. Professor S. Qudratullah Fatemi. "Islamic Universalism and Territorial nationalism in Iqbal's Thought." Iqbal Review (1976): 70-103 Habibi, Khushal (1997). The Hidden Treasure: A Biography of Pas̲htoon Poets. University Press of America. p.225. ISBN 978-0-7618-0265-5. Here you can also see Sindhi’s sad poetry in Sindhi text. Sindhi is the language spoken by the people of Sindh. Sindh is situated in Pakistan and considers a big province of Pakistan. The largest population center is in Sindh. We have the best collection of Sindhi sad poetry.

This clash can also be seen in many recent Pashto poems that have become popular on social media. Some of them have been set to music by various popular singers, and their poets have been able to gain massive social-media followings as a result. One such poet is Muneer Buneray, from Buner, adjacent to Swat. Khushal followed the Sufi Saint Sayyid Kastir Gul, known as Sheikh Rahamkar or Kaka Sahib and was trained by him in islamic sciences. [7]Pashto (less commonly Pushtu)". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated . Retrieved 18 July 2016. Other sources note 1933, i.e. Johannes Christian Meyer-Ingwersen. Untersuchungen zum Satzbau des Paschto. 1966. Ph.D. Thesis, Hamburg 1966. These are excerpts from a long poem by Ajmal Khattak that was later popularised in song by Gulzar Alam, who rose to fame with his renditions of revolutionary songs in the 1980s, when Pashtun society was buffeted by the Afghan–Soviet War and rising religious extremism. In this poem, Khattak speaks eloquently of the censorship and repression that Pashtuns have long faced. Abdur Rahman Baba, Robert Sampson, and Momin Khan. The Poetry of Rahman Baba: Poet of the Pukhtuns. Translated by Robert Sampson and Momin Khan. Peshawar: University Book Agency, 2005. Literary Pashto is the artificial variety of Pashto which is used at times as literary register of Pashto. It is said to be based on the North Western dialect, spoken in the central Ghilji region. Literary Pashto's vocabulary, also derives from other dialects. [110] Criticism

Carol Benson; Kimmo Kosonen (13 June 2013). Language Issues in Comparative Education: Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Non-Dominant Languages and Cultures. Springer Science & Business Media. p.64. ISBN 978-94-6209-218-1. Allama Iqbal Poetry کلام علامہ محمد اقبال: (Bal-e-Jibril-160) Khushal Khan Ki Wasiyat" . Retrieved 10 May 2018. Khattak, Ghani Khan (2002). Khushal Khan: The Afghan Warrior Poet and Philosopher (1sted.). Pakistan: S.T. Printer's. p.111. ISBN 9789698737009. Landays began among nomads and farmers. They were shared around a fire, sung after a day in the fields or at a wedding. More than three decades of war has diluted a culture, as well as displaced millions of people who can’t return safely to their villages. Conflict has also contributed to globalization. Now people share landays virtually via the internet, Facebook, text messages, and the radio. It’s not only the subject matter that makes them risqué. Landays are mostly sung, and singing is linked to licentiousness in the Afghan consciousness. Women singers are viewed as prostitutes. Women get around this by singing in secret — in front of only close family or, say, a harmless-looking foreign woman. Usually in a village or a family one woman is more skilled at singing landays than others, yet men have no idea who she is. Much of an Afghan woman’s life involves a cloak-and-dagger dance around honor — a gap between who she seems to be and who she is.

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Christopher John Fuller (2004). The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India. Princeton University Press. pp.291–293. ISBN 978-0-69112-04-85. Khan abandoned the theme of morality, which had dominated Pashto poetry for centuries. He broke new ground by focusing on aesthetics instead. Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Elsevier. 6 April 2010. pp.845–. ISBN 978-0-08-087775-4. A collection of Rahman's poetry, called the Dīwān ("anthology") of Rahman Baba, contains 343 poems, most of which are written in his native Pashto. The Dīwān of Rahman Baba was in wide circulation by 1728. There are over 25 original hand-written manuscripts of the Dīwān scattered in various libraries worldwide, including ten in the Pashto Academy in Peshawar, four in the British Library, three in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, as well as copies in the John Rylands Library in Manchester, the Bodleian Library in Oxford and the University Library Aligath. The first printed version was collected by the Anglican Missionary T.P. Hughes and printed in Lahore in 1877. [8] It is this version which remains the most commonly used to this day. Pashto". UCLA International Institute: Center for World Languages. University of California, Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009 . Retrieved 10 December 2010. (50%)