Mohammad Haider Zhobal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan, d. 1959) was an Afghan historian and scholar.
Author career
Zhobal was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan.
In 1958, he defied Afghan government's censorship by publicly praising the role of Mahmud Tarzi in the country's history.
Selected publications
Essays
- About Zulf and Zulfeen (1954)
- The Influx of Foreign Words and Expressions in Our Language (1956)
Books
- Uṣūl-i jadīd-i tadrīs-i zabān-i Fārsī ("On modern teaching techniques of Persian language", 1960s)
- Tārīkh-i adabīyāt-i Afghānistān ("History of the literatures of Afghanistan", 1957/1958)
Further reading
Ahmadi, Wali (2020-02-25). ""The Cradle of Dari": The Question of "Origins" in Modern Literary Historiography in Afghanistan". Slovo. How to think of literary...: 6138. doi:10.46298/slovo.2020.6138. ISSN 2557-9851.
References
- "Mahmud Tarzi and Saraj-ol-Akhbar: Ideology of Nationalism and Modernization in Afghanistan" by Vartan Gregorian, Middle East Journal, Summer, 1967, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer, 1967), pp. 345.
- ^ "Afghanistan’s Early Reformists" by Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network, April 2011, page 1.
- ^ Afghanistan. (1970). Afghanistan: Historical Society of Afghanistan., p85
External links
- Zhobels books at acku-koha.osslabs.biz
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