Kushev V. A Pashtun Ruler and Literary Figure of the Seventeenth Century on Political Ethics // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 6. No. 2. June 2000. P. 20—38.
We present here several chapters from the second part of the treatise on political ethics, Dastār-nāma (“Book of the Turban”) by Khushhāl-khān Khatak (1613—1689), an extremely popular Afghan poet, military leader, and head of a large Pashtun tribe. The translation of this chapters follows here the text of two editions: the Kabul edition of 1966 and the Peshawar edition of 1991…