TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raverty H.G
TI  - Selections from the poetry of the Afghans
SN  - 978-81-307-1858-3
U1  - 891.5931 23.
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New Delhi.
PB  - Cosmo Publications
N1  - To the reader
Remarks on the mystic doctrine and poetry  of the Sufis
Aeabd-ur-Rahman
The poems of Aeabd-ur-Rahman
Mirza Khan, Ansari
The poems of Mirza khan,Ansari
Aebd-il-Hamid
The poems of Aebd-ul-Hamid
Khushhal Khan, Khattak
The poems of Ashraf Khan, Khattak
Aeabd-il-Kadir Khan, Khattak
The poems of Aeabd -ul-Kadir Khan, Khattak
Ahmed Shah, Abdali,
The poems of Ahmad Shah, Abdali
Kazim Khan, Khattak, Surnamed Shaid
tHE POEMS OF kAZIM kHAN, kHATTAK
kHWAJAH mUHAMMAD, bANGASH
tHE POEMS OF Khwajah Muhammad, Bangash
N2  - This is an anthlogy of english translations of Pushto poets from the 16th century on. Most, if not all, of these poets are sufi. They utilize the poetic vocabulary of Sufiism: The tavern, the wine, the flowers, etc. all actually technical terms describing the soul's progression on the mystical path towards God. Raverty's introductory essay, "Remarks on the mystic doctrine and poetry of the Sufis" provides a skeleton key to the symbology
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