Mohammad Haider Zhobal

Mohammad Haider Zhobal (born in Kabul, Afghanistan, d. 1959) was an Afghan historian^[1] and scholar.^[2]

Author career

Zhobal was raised in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In 1958, he defied Afghan government's censorship by publicly praising the role of Mahmud Tarzi in the country's history.^[2]

Selected publications

Essays

• About Zulf and Zulfeen (1954)^[3]
• The Influx of Foreign Words and Expressions in Our Language (1956)^[3]

Books

• Uṣūl-i jadīd-i tadrīs-i zabān-i Fārsī ("On modern teaching techniques of Persian language", 1960s)
• Tārīkh-i adabīyāt-i Afghānistān ("History of the literatures of Afghanistan", 1957/1958)

Further reading

Ahmadi, Wali (2020-02-25). ""The Cradle of Dari": The Question of "Origins" in Modern Literary Historiography in Afghanistan". Slovo. How to think of literary...: 6138. doi:10.46298/slovo.2020.6138. ISSN 2557-9851.