Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans: Page Index

To the Reader

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Contents

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Remarks on the Mystic Doctrine and Poetry of the Ṣūfīs

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Introduction

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The Poems of Æabd-ur-Raḥmān

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The Poems of Mīrzā Khān, Anṣārī

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The Poems of Æabd-ul-Ḥamīd

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The Poems of Khushḥāl Khān, Khattak

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The Poems of Ashraf Khān, Khattak

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The Poems of Æabd-ul-Ḳādir Khān, Khattak

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The Poems of Aḥmad Shāh, Abdālī

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The Poems of Kāzim Khān, Khattak

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The Poems of Khwājah Muḥammad, Bangash

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