The Pathan By Ghani Khan Baba. A Book On Pashtun's History. Book Review Of The Pathan. The Pathan is a vivid sketch, story and picture of Pathans by the great Pathan poet and philosopher, Khan Abdul Ghani Khan, published in 1947. The book contains about sixty pages, but the pearls of wisdom, and history spread upon them are inestimable and invaluable. Ghani Khan starts the book with a logical statement and states that "the most difficult part of writing is to know where to begin, just as the most difficult part of speaking is to know where to stop". Just after reading this sentence, I felt that I am going to read a masterwork, and at the end, it proved so. Ghani khan has put the history, customs, and mindset of Pathans in the form of stories, that are interesting and informative at the same time. About the history and origin of Pathans, he says that "Pathan was a Budhist before he became a muslim and was a Hindu, before he became a Budhist". He also says that &
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