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Afganskaya literatura pozdnego srednevekov'ya (Afghan Literature of the Late Middle Ages)

Afganskaya literatura pozdnego srednevekov'ya (Afghan Literature of the Late Middle Ages) Book Reviews / Iran and the Caucasus 14 (2010) 455-456 455 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157338410X12743419190665 Mixail Pelevin, Afganskaya literatura pozdnego srednevekov’ya [ Afghan Lit- erature of the Late Middle Ages ], Saint-Petersburg: “Saint-Petersburg Uni- versity Press”, 2010, 368 pp. Pelevin’s new monograph, initially conceived as a reference book to ac- company a course of class lectures on the history of classical Afghan lit- erature in Pashto, details the development of Pashto literature between the 16th-18th centuries. Spoken across the territory of southern and western regions of Afghanistan, Pashto is currently one of the country’s official languages, together with Dari. It is also prominent in the north- western regions of Pakistan, formerly known as North-Western Frontier Province and recently renamed Pashtunistan Khaibar province. This large area is inhabited predominantly by the Pashtuns, a people of East- ern Iranian origin, who still retain their tribal divisions and call their lands Pashtunkhva , the country of Pashtuns. The study is divided into three chapters: “Afghan Book Making in the Early Period of its History (the 16th to the first half of the 17th cen- tury)”, “The Rise of National Literature in Pashto (the second half of the 17th http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Iran and the Caucasus Brill

Afganskaya literatura pozdnego srednevekov'ya (Afghan Literature of the Late Middle Ages)

Iran and the Caucasus , Volume 14 (2): 455 – Jan 1, 2010

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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1609-8498
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1573-384X
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10.1163/157338410X12743419190665
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Book Reviews / Iran and the Caucasus 14 (2010) 455-456 455 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/157338410X12743419190665 Mixail Pelevin, Afganskaya literatura pozdnego srednevekov’ya [ Afghan Lit- erature of the Late Middle Ages ], Saint-Petersburg: “Saint-Petersburg Uni- versity Press”, 2010, 368 pp. Pelevin’s new monograph, initially conceived as a reference book to ac- company a course of class lectures on the history of classical Afghan lit- erature in Pashto, details the development of Pashto literature between the 16th-18th centuries. Spoken across the territory of southern and western regions of Afghanistan, Pashto is currently one of the country’s official languages, together with Dari. It is also prominent in the north- western regions of Pakistan, formerly known as North-Western Frontier Province and recently renamed Pashtunistan Khaibar province. This large area is inhabited predominantly by the Pashtuns, a people of East- ern Iranian origin, who still retain their tribal divisions and call their lands Pashtunkhva , the country of Pashtuns. The study is divided into three chapters: “Afghan Book Making in the Early Period of its History (the 16th to the first half of the 17th cen- tury)”, “The Rise of National Literature in Pashto (the second half of the 17th

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