Adam Khan and Durkhani
Adam Khan and Durkhani, or Ādamkhān and Durkhānay[1] is a classic Pashtun amorous folktale which has been called the Pashto Romeo and Juliet[2] along with Yusuf Khan and Sherbano. It is considered a classic in the Pashto literature.[3][4][5]
Adam Khan hailed from Bazadara Bala (a village in Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Durkhanai was from Bazadara Payan.
The legend has also been retold in English prose fiction. Changez Jan's novella The Legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai (2025) draws on multiple oral and written versions of the story into a unified narrative.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Dorson, Richard M. (ed.). Folktales told around the world. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press. 1978. p. 209. ISBN 0-226-15874-8
- ↑ Darmesteter, J (1888). Chants Populaires des Afghans. Paris. p. 117.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Adam Khan and Durkhanai | PukhtunWomen". 2009-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ The Bazaar of the storytellers (1986) Wilma Louise Heston, Mumtāz Naṣīr Lok Virsa Pub. House, Original from the University of Michigan
- ↑ Mashriq TV (2020-12-15), Adam Khan Durkhanai | Palwashay | 15th-December-2020 | Mashriq TV, YouTube, retrieved 2022-04-19
- ↑ "The legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai". The Express Tribune.
- Printed versions
- Darmesteter, J (1888). "45. Âdam Khân et Durkhânî. — Ghazal de Burhan". Chants Populaires des Afghans. Paris. pp. 117–124.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Oliver, Edward Emmerson (1890). "Border Romance — A Pathān Romeo and Juliet". Across the border : or Pathan and Biloch. London: Chapman and Hall. pp. 292–301.
- Abbas, Zainab Ghulam (1957). "Adam and Durkhane (Pushto)". Folk Tales of Pakistan. Pakistan Publications. pp. 111–124.
- Lebedev, Konstantin [in Russian] (1972). "Адам-хан и Дурханый" [Adam-khan and Durkhany]. Афганские сказки и легенды [Afghan Tales and Legends] (in Russian). Moskva: Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства Наука. pp. 117–161.
- Hasan, Masudul (1976). Famous Folk Tales of Pakistan. Ferozsons. pp. 16–23.
- Wilma Louise Heston; Mumtaz Nasir, eds. (1989). "Adam Khan and Dur Khanai". The Bazaar of the Storytellers. Lok Virsa Publishing House. pp. 27–48.
- For "The Legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai" please visit Changez Jan, author website
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