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Book/Printed Material Tārīkh-i Afghānistān = Tarikh-i-Afghanistan,

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Title

  • Tārīkh-i Afghānistān = Tarikh-i-Afghanistan,

Summary

  • Tārīkh-i-Afghānistān (History of Afghanistan) is a translation into Pushto of G.B. Malleson's History of Afghanistan, from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878 (1879). Published in Peshawar in 1930, the book was used as a textbook for British military officers serving in the Pushto-speaking areas of northwestern India (present-day Pakistan) and Afghanistan. Its purpose was to provide a language learning text that would at the same time introduce its readers to the history of the Pushto lands. The translation was done by Ahmad Jan (1818-99), a munshi (scribe or clerk) from Peshawar. The Pushto language is one of the principal languages spoken in Afghanistan and is recognized as such in the country's constitution of 2004. Many Pushto dialects are spoken in different regions of Afghanistan and in jurisdictions of northwestern Pakistan. Like Dari, Pushto belongs to the Iranic family of languages, but these Afghan languages are mutually unintelligible to the general population. Linguists continue to rely on 19th and early 20th century fieldwork in describing the phonetic and syntactic features of the language. Munshi Ahmad Jan is credited with developing a modern style of Pushto prose writing. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Malleson, G. B. (George Bruce), 1825-1898

Created / Published

  • Peshawar, Behari Lal, 1930.

Headings

  • -  Afghanistan--History
  • -  Pakistan

Notes

  • -  Early imprint.
  • -  Romanized.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 422 p. 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS356 .M316

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ne64003006

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Malleson, G. B. Tārīkh-i Afghānistān = Tarikh-i-Afghanistan. Peshawar, Behari Lal, 1930. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/ne64003006/.

APA citation style:

Malleson, G. B. (1930) Tārīkh-i Afghānistān = Tarikh-i-Afghanistan. Peshawar, Behari Lal. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ne64003006/.

MLA citation style:

Malleson, G. B. Tārīkh-i Afghānistān = Tarikh-i-Afghanistan. Peshawar, Behari Lal, 1930. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ne64003006/>.