Burhanuddin Kushkaki

Burhanuddin Kushkaki

Burhanuddin Kushkaki (Persian: برهان الدين كشككى - Burhān al-Dīn Kushkakī) , also known as Mawlawi Borhan al-Din Khan Koshkaki, (1894–1953) was an Afghan writer, journalist and Islamic scholar.

Kushkaki was born in 1894 in Kushkak in Nangarhar Province.[1] He worked primarily as an editor and journalist, working as the editor or director of a number of Afghan newspapers, including Ittihad-i Mashriqi (Eastern Union) in Jalalabad, Aman-i Afghan (Afghan Peace), Habib-ul Islam (Friend of Islam), and Islah (Reconstruction) in Kabul.[1] He was the editor of Rahnama-yi Qataghan wa Badakhshan, a guide to Qataghan-Badakhshan Province that was based on his through the province along with the future King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Nadir Shah.[1][2] Kushkaki also wrote Nadir-i Afghan[1] and contributed to Shiʻr al-ʻajam as̲ar-i ʻulāmah-ʼi marḥūm Shiblī Nuʻmānī. In addition to his secular work, Kushkaki translated the Koran into Pashtu.[1]

He died in 1953.[1]

List of publications

Reference

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Burhanuddin Kushkaki" in Ludwig W. Adamec. 2003. Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003.
  2. ^ Gunnar Jarring. On The Distribution Of Turk Tribes In Afghanistan: An Attempt At A Preliminary Classification. Lund: Hakan Ohlsson, 1939. p. 13.


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