Dr. Noor ul Basar Aman
University of Malakand, Pakistan
There are many commonalities in both Pashto and Persian languages. Both of these languages have been influenced by Arabic language, being a language of religious scripts of Muslims. Besides, Persian, a language of court, of sub-continent, has greatly influenced other languages of this region, including Pashto language. Pashto and Persian, being languages of nearly same geography and cultural background, have many similarities and commonalities in themes of their respective literatures. In Pashto classical literature, Khushal Khan Khattak, the father of Pashto literature is a prolific writer. He has produced many masterpieces in Pashto poetry and prose. He has been jailed by Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb Alamgir. He spent a duration of two years in prison and wrote masterpieces in Pashto poetry and prose. Similarly, Persian poet, Masud Saad Suleman, has spent many years in prison and produced great literary works in prison. He has spent almost twenty years in jail. In this article, life and literary works of Pashto poet, Khushal Khan Khattak and life and works of Persian poet, Masud Saad Suleman, will be studied and comparatively analysed.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Third International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 31 January-1February 2019 , Ahwaz.
