FICTION ii(g). IN AFGHANISTAN The introduction of modern fiction in Afghanistan was concomitant with the institution of new educational and…

ḴALIL, MOḤAMMAD EBRĀHIM (b. Kabul, 1896; d. Kabul, 1984), Afghan scribe, calligrapher, poet and historian. Son of Mirzā Fażl-Aḥmad, he…

ḴALILI, ḴALIL-ALLĀH, (b. Kabul, 1907; d. Islamabad, 4 March 1987), renowned 20th-century Afghan poet in Dari (Persian), literary historian, scholar,…

KABUL LITERARY SOCIETY (Anjoman-e adabi-e Kābol), the first official academic and cultural association of Afghanistan, 1930-40. Moḥammad Nāder Shah (r….

KĀBOL, a monthly magazine with the full title Kābol:ʿElmi, adabi, ejtemāʿi, tariḵi. The periodical was founded by the Kabul Literary Society…