THE POETRY OF THE AFGHĀNS,

Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans, by H.G. Raverty, [1868], at sacred-texts.com

FROM

FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,

LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUS´HTO;

WITH NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT AUTHORS,

AND REMARKS

ON THE MYSTIC DOCTRINE AND POETRY OF THE ṢŪFĪS:

BY

MAJOR H. G. RAVERTY,

BOMBAY ARMY, RETIRED LIST;

AUTHOR OF A GRAMMAR, AND DICTIONARY OF THE PUS´HTO OR AFGHAN LANGUAGE; THE GULSHAN-I-ROH, OR SELECTIONS, PROSE AND POETICAL, IN THE PUS´HTO OR AFGHĀN LANGUAGE; THE GOSPEL FOR THE AFGHĀNS; A THESAURUS OF ENGLISH AND HINDŪSTĀNĪ TECHNICAL TERMS,
ETC. ETC.

(New and Cheaper Edition.)

LONDON:
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, & SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.
CALCUTTA: W. NEWMAN & CO.

MDCCCLXVII.

[1867]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare, November 2007. This text is in the US public domain because it was published prior to 1923.

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