Mujawar Ahmad Ziar

Mujawar Ahmad Ziar مجاور احمد زيار
Born	1935 Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghan
Ethnicity	Pashtun
Citizenship	Afghanistan
Occupation	Professor, Writer, Linguist & Historian
Website
http://www.Zyar.net Dedicated for him

Dr. Mujawar Ahmad Ziar (Pashto: مجاور احمد زيار) is a renowned linguist, writer and historian of Afghanistan.

Early life & Education

Zyar was born in 1937 Mazeena Rod of Laghman, Afghanistan. He completed his primary school in a local school and graduated from a high school in Kabul. After graduating from high school, Mujawer Ahmad was admitted to the Faculty of Language and Literature of Kabul University in 1959. He graduated 3 years later and started working in the same faculty. In 1966, he went to Bern, Switzerland where he completed his Masters Degree from University of Bern.

Work life

From 1984 to 1986, Professor Zyar taught as a guest professor at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. From 1994 to 1996, he taught as a visiting professor at the University of Peshawar, Peshawar in Pashto Department.^[1]

Academic work

Mujawer Ahmad Zyar is the author of over 36 books (including dictionaries).^[2]

Additional readings

• "Ustaad Ziar - De Pashtanay Farhang Yaw Zaland Storai (استاد زیار - د پښتني فرهنګ یو ځلاند ستوری)" by: Ismail Yoon [1]

References

1. ^ http://www.ketabtoon.net/ketaboona/baylabayl/zhwand/Ustaad_Ziar_ISMAIL_YOON.pdf
2. ^ http://rohi.af/yoon/files/9.pdf

Persondata
Name	Ziar, Mujawar Ahmad
Alternative names
Short description	Linguist and historian
Date of birth	1935
Place of birth	Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Date of death
Place of death