Burhanuddin Kushkaki (

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: برهان الدين كشككى - ''Burhān al-Dīn Kushkakī''), also known as Mawlawi Borhan al-Din Khan Koshkaki, (1894–1953) was an

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writer, journalist and

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. Kushkaki was born in 1894 in Kushkak in Nangarhar Province."Burhanuddin Kushkaki" in

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. 2003. ''Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan.'' Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003. He worked primarily as an editor and journalist, working as the editor or director of a number of Afghan newspapers, including '' Ittihad-i Mashriqi'' (Eastern Union) in

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, '' Aman-i Afghan'' (Afghan Peace), '' Habib-ul Islam'' (Friend of Islam), and ''

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'' (Reconstruction) in Kabul. He was the editor of '' Rahnama-yi Qataghan wa Badakhshan'', a guide to Qataghan-Badakhshan Province that was based on his through the province along with the future

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. On The Distribution Of Turk Tribes In Afghanistan: An Attempt At A Preliminary Classification.

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: Hakan Ohlsson, 1939. p. 13. Kushkaki also wrote ''Nadir-i Afghan'' and contributed to ''Shiʻr al-ʻajam as̲ar-i ʻulāmah-ʼi marḥūm Shiblī Nuʻmānī.'' In addition to his secular work, Kushkaki translated the Koran into

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. He died in 1953.

List of publications

Rāhnamā-yi Qaṭaghan va Badakhshān

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: Vizarat-i Ḥarbiyah, 1923. *Shibli Numani, Muhammad
Shiʻr al-ʻajam as̲ar-i ʻulāmah-ʼi marḥūm Shiblī Nuʻmānī

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: Maṭbaʻ Mufīd-i ʻĀmm, 1927 or 1928. Kushkaki contributed to the book, along with Fayz Muhammad Khan and Shīr Muḥammad Khan.
Nādir-i Afghān muʼallif-i Burhān al-Dīn Kushkakī
Kabul: Maṭba-i Sangi-yi Riyasat-i Umumi, 1931

References

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