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#AhmadShahDurrani wrote both prose & poetry mainly in Pashto, but also in Dari/Persian.
He regularly held Majlis-e ulama (“Assembly of the Learned/Scholars”) devoted to divinity, civil law & literature, even when on expeditions.
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#AhmadShahDurrani wrote both prose & poetry mainly in Pashto, but also in Dari/Persian.
He regularly held Majlis-e ulama (“Assembly of the Learned/Scholars”) devoted to divinity, civil law & literature, even when on expeditions.
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@DawoodAzami Ishrat (who composed #AhmadShahDurrani’s Shahnamah in #Persian) says that the #Shah really likes the company of & discussions with the scholars/learned people.
He adds the #Shah doesn't have any other love "except the love of #book".
ندارد محبت بغیر از کتاب
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He adds the #Shah doesn't have any other love "except the love of #book".
ندارد محبت بغیر از کتاب
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@DawoodAzami #AhmadShahDurrani regularly held Majlis-e ulama (Assembly of the Learned/Scholars) devoted to divinity & civil law & literature.
Raverty (1862) described the knowledge/education of the #Shah to be the equivalent of a "Doctor of Literature or Divinity” (p. 289). @DawoodAzami DA 3
Raverty (1862) described the knowledge/education of the #Shah to be the equivalent of a "Doctor of Literature or Divinity” (p. 289). @DawoodAzami DA 3
@DawoodAzami Elphinstone (1815) says:
#AhmadShahDurrani had been “naturally disposed to mildness & clemency” & “treated Moollahs [clerics] & holy men with great respect.”
He adds the #Shah “was always ambitious of the character of a saint” & that “he was himself a divine & an author”. DA 4
#AhmadShahDurrani had been “naturally disposed to mildness & clemency” & “treated Moollahs [clerics] & holy men with great respect.”
He adds the #Shah “was always ambitious of the character of a saint” & that “he was himself a divine & an author”. DA 4
@DawoodAzami #Iqbal (d.1938) referred to #AhmadShahDurrani as خسروشرق (Sovereign of the East) &سطوت افغان (Grandeur/Majesty of the Afghan).
He called him عارف(saint) &خسروروشن ضمير.
Referring to his knowledge &poetry, Iqbal says the #Shah had also conquered the realm of literature/speech. DA5
He called him عارف(saint) &خسروروشن ضمير.
Referring to his knowledge &poetry, Iqbal says the #Shah had also conquered the realm of literature/speech. DA5
@DawoodAzami #AhmadShahDurrani also commissioned books including #Shahnamah (The Book of King).
Hafez Marghuzai wrote his Shahnamah (poetic account of his reign) in #Pashto.
Nizamuddin Ishrat composed “Shahnamah-i Ahmadi” in #Persian.
Both poets had met the #Shah many times.
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Hafez Marghuzai wrote his Shahnamah (poetic account of his reign) in #Pashto.
Nizamuddin Ishrat composed “Shahnamah-i Ahmadi” in #Persian.
Both poets had met the #Shah many times.
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@DawoodAzami “An Afghan first, an Afghan last and an Afghan throughout”
This is how Ganda Singh described #AhmadShahDurrani in his book, Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father Of Modern Afghanistan (1959), p.346
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This is how Ganda Singh described #AhmadShahDurrani in his book, Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father Of Modern Afghanistan (1959), p.346
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@DawoodAzami As Raverty (1862) says, #AhmadShahDurrani’s Diwan (Collection of Poems) in Pashto is “tinged, as usual, with the mysticisms of the #Sufis” (p. 289).
The #Shah's Diwan has been published several times.
Below is one of his poems in #Pashto & a quatrain in #Persian. DA 8 👇
The #Shah's Diwan has been published several times.
Below is one of his poems in #Pashto & a quatrain in #Persian. DA 8 👇
