Amīr Krōṛ Sūrī ( ps, امير کروړ سوري), also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a
legend
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ary character in
Afghan
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*Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia
*Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity
** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...
national history and is claimed to have become the King of
Mandesh
Mandesh is the historical name by which the mountain region of Ghor was called.E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 7 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma Page 161
Having major historical places which famoused The time of war of ma ...
in
Ghor. Amir Kror Suri is considered to be the first poet of
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
language. He is not to be confused with
Amir Suri
Amīr Sūrī ( fa, امیر سوری) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 9th-century to the 10th-century. According to some legends, He was a descendant of the Ghurid king Amir Banji, whose rule was legitimized by the Abbasid caliph Harun ...
, the buddhist king of Ghor in the 9th-10th century.
Description in Pata Khazana
According to
Pata Khazana
Pata Khazāna ( ps, پټه خزانه, translation=The Hidden Treasure) is the title of a manuscript written in the Pashto language. According to its discoverer, the script contains an anthology of Pashto poetry, which precedes the earliest known w ...
, Amir Kror Sori was son of a man named ''Amir Polad Suri'' who was the governor of Ghor.
[Pakhtunistan: the Khyber Pass as the focus of the new state of Pakhtunistan – Page 48] Allegedly, he lived in the time of
Abu Muslim Khorasani
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, caption = "Abu Muslim chastises a man for telling tales," Folio from the '' ...
in the 8th century,
and became the first poet of
Pashto language
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
.
According to legend, Amir Kror was a renowned fighter and challenged several people at a time, despite a small body he was a large soul. Because of his bravery and strength, he is given the Pashto title ''Kror'', meaning "hard" and "strong". It is claimed that he had conquered the fortresses of
Ghor, Balishtan, Kheisar, Tamran and Barkoshak and assisted the
Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of
Islam
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,
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/ref> but there are no historical documents or proofs for this claim,
Death and succession
According to legend, Amir Kror Suri died in 154 H./771 A.D. in the Battle of Poshanj (which is a village in ancient city of Herat) and was succeeded by his son, Amir Naser, who took control of the territories of Ghor, Sur
Sur or SUR or El Sur (Spanish "the South") may refer to:
Geography
* Sur or Shur (Bible), the wilderness of Sur/Shur from the Book of Exodus
* Sur (river), a river of Bavaria, Germany
* Súr, a village in Hungary
* Sur, a district of the city of ...
, Bost Bost may refer to:
Places
*Alternative name for Lashkargah, Afghanistan
**Boost Defenders, a cricket team from the region
**Bost Airport, near Lashkargah
*Bost, Allier, a commune in central France
People
*Bost (Μποστ) (1918–1995), pen name ...
and Zamindawar Zamindawar is a historical region of Afghanistan. It is a very large and fertile valley the main sources for irrigation is the Helmand River. Zamindawar is located in the greater territory of northern Helmand Province, Helmand and encompasses the ap ...
.
See also
*Amir Suri
Amīr Sūrī ( fa, امیر سوری) was the king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 9th-century to the 10th-century. According to some legends, He was a descendant of the Ghurid king Amir Banji, whose rule was legitimized by the Abbasid caliph Harun ...
, a Buddhist Ghurid king in the 9th and 10th century who was defeated in war with the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
*Qais Abdur Rashid
Qais Abdur Rashīd or Qais Abdul Rasheed ( ps, قيس عبد الرشيد) is said to be, in post-Islamic lore, the legendary founding father of the Pashtuns. It is believed that the conception of such a figure was promoted to bring harmony betw ...
, whose three legendary sons are said to have founded the modern Pashtun nation
*Sur (Pashtun tribe)
Sur ( ps, , lit=red), also known as Suri, Zur and Zuri (), are a historical Pashtun tribe from among the Lodi living primarily in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. The founder of the Suri Empire in India, Sher Shah Suri, belonged to the Sur t ...
Further reading
* ''Afghanistan'' by Manohar Singh Batra. PP. 9–14 Pata Khazana
Pata Khazāna ( ps, پټه خزانه, translation=The Hidden Treasure) is the title of a manuscript written in the Pashto language. According to its discoverer, the script contains an anthology of Pashto poetry, which precedes the earliest known w ...
'': Abdul Hai Habibi
* ''Amir Kror and his Ancestry'': Abdul Hai Habibi –
Footnotes
External links
Online version of Pata Khazana Translated by Khushal Habibi
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Year of birth unknown
771 deaths
Pashto-language poets
Pashtun people