Mohammad Haider Zhobal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan, d. 1959) was an Afghan historian[1] and scholar.[2]

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.[2]

Selected publications

Essays

  • About Zulf and Zulfeen (1954)[3]
  • The Influx of Foreign Words and Expressions in Our Language (1956)[3]

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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 "Afghanistan’s Early Reformists" by Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network, April 2011, page 1.
  3. 1 2 Afghanistan. (1970). Afghanistan: Historical Society of Afghanistan., p85
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