Adam Khan and Durkhani is a classic Pashtun romance which has been called the Pashto Romeo and Juliet along with Yusuf Khan and Sherbano.
Adam Khan hailed from Bazadara Bala (a village in Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Durkhanai was from Bazadara Payan. It is considered a classic in the Pashto literature.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Adam Khan and Durkhanai | PukhtunWomen". 2009-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ The Bazaar of the storytellers (1986) Wilma Louise Heston, Mumtāz Naṣīr Lok Virsa Pub. House, Original from the University of Michigan
- ^ Adam Khan Durkhanai | Palwashay | 15th-December-2020 | Mashriq TV, retrieved 2022-04-19
Bibliography
edit- Printed sources
- Abbas, Zainab Ghulam (1957). "Adam and Durkhane (Pushto)". Folk Tales of Pakistan. Pakistan Publications. pp. 111–124.
- Lebedev, Konstantin [in Russian] (1972). "Адам-хан и Дурханый" [Adam-khan and Durkhany]. Афганские сказки и легенды [Afghan Tales and Legends] (in Russian). Moskva: Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства Наука. pp. 117–161.