Cover illustration: ʿAli Akbar Orakzay: a dream vision of the way to Paradise (1780s, North India). Fragment of a miniature from the Gulshan-i afghan (fol. 197a, N 538, Matenadaran). Courtesy of the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran), Yerevan.
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Names: Pelevin, M. S. (Mikhail Sergeevich) author
Title: Love, honour and god : Pashto writings of early modern times / by Mikhail Pelevin.
Other titles: Love, honor and god
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Iran and the Caucasus monographs, 2950-2349 ; volume 5 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025019056 (print) | LCCN 2025019057 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004737341 hardback | ISBN 9789004737358 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Pushto literature—History and criticism | LCGFT: Literary criticism
Classification: LCC PK6806 .P45 2025 (print) | LCC PK6806 (ebook)
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025019056
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ISSN 2950-2349
ISBN 978-90-04-73734-1 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004737358
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