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Pir Gohar
Syed Pir Gohar Ali Shah (8 December 1931 – 4 January 2013), also known as Shaer-i-Aman (poet of peace), was a Pakistani poet, songwriter, critic and List of Pakistan Movement activists, freedom activist who primarily wrote poems in Pashto language. He is also credited with contributing to the Pakistan Movement, independence movement of Pakistan. He sometimes wrote articles and essays under pen names such as Shilmani and Silani. Gohar was actively involved in Literary society, literary activities. He served as the chairperson of a literary organization called Mardan Adabi Jirga, and a cultural council called Mardan Arts council. Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan described him a "prominent literary personality". Early life Gohar was born on 8 December 1931 in Pirano Daga, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He did his Primary education, primary and Secondary education, secondary schooling during the period of British raj, British rule and master's degree after the nation was declared a D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardan
Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growing city that experienced a population boom in the latter half of the twentieth century. Around 1800 BCE, the area around Mardan was part of the homeland of the Gandhara grave culture. Rock edicts of the ancient Indian King Ashoka in the nearby Shahbaz Garhi, written in the right-to-left Kharosthi script, date from the Mauryan period (mid-200s BCE) and represent the earliest irrefutable evidence of writing in South Asia. The nearby Takht-i-Bahi which has remains of an ancient Buddhist monastery was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. History Mardan is located in a region rich in archaeological sites. In 1962, the Sanghao Caves were discovered outside of Mardan, which yielded artefacts from the Middle Paleolithic period, ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
