:Mohammad Haider Zhobal

{{short description|Afghan author of history}}

Mohammad Haider Zhobal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan, d. 1959) was an Afghan historian"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. and scholar."Afghanistan’s Early Reformists" by Thomas Ruttig, Afghanistan Analysts Network, April 2011, page 1.

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)Afghanistan. (1970). Afghanistan: Historical Society of Afghanistan., p85
  • 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

{{Cite journal |last=Ahmadi |first=Wali |date=2020-02-25 |title="The Cradle of Dari": The Question of "Origins" in Modern Literary Historiography in Afghanistan |url=https://slovo.episciences.org/6138 |journal=Slovo |language=en |volume=How to think of literary... |pages=6138 |doi=10.46298/slovo.2020.6138 |issn=2557-9851|doi-access=free }}

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