Amīr Krōṛ Sūrī ( ps, امير کروړ سوري), also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a
legend
A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess ...
ary character in
Afghan national history and is claimed to have become the King of
Mandesh in
Ghor
Ghōr (Dari: ), also spelled Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds ...
. Amir Kror Suri is considered to be the first poet of
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
language. He is not to be confused with
Amir Suri, the buddhist king of Ghor in the 9th-10th century.
Description in Pata Khazana
According to
Pata Khazana, Amir Kror Sori was son of a man named ''Amir Polad Suri'' who was the governor of Ghor.
[Pakhtunistan: the Khyber Pass as the focus of the new state of Pakhtunistan – Page 48] Allegedly, he lived in the time of
Abu Muslim Khorasani in the 8th century,
and became the first poet of
Pashto language
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
.
According to legend, Amir Kror was a renowned fighter and challenged several people at a time, despite a small body he was a large soul. Because of his bravery and strength, he is given the Pashto title ''Kror'', meaning "hard" and "strong". It is claimed that he had conquered the fortresses of
Ghor
Ghōr (Dari: ), also spelled Ghowr or Ghur, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven districts, encompassing hundreds ...
, Balishtan, Kheisar, Tamran and Barkoshak and assisted the
Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of
Islam,
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Death and succession
According to legend, Amir Kror Suri died in 154 H./771 A.D. in the Battle of Poshanj (which is a village in ancient city of Herat) and was succeeded by his son, Amir Naser, who took control of the territories of Ghor, Sur, Bost and Zamindawar Zamindawar is a historical region of Afghanistan. It is a very large and fertile valley the main sources for irrigation is the Helmand River. Zamindawar is located in the greater territory of northern Helmand and encompasses the approximate area of ...
.
See also
* Amir Suri, a Buddhist Ghurid king in the 9th and 10th century who was defeated in war with the Saffarid ruler Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
* Qais Abdur Rashid, whose three legendary sons are said to have founded the modern Pashtun nation
* Sur (Pashtun tribe)
Further reading
* ''Afghanistan'' by Manohar Singh Batra. PP. 9–14 Abdul Hai Habibi
Abdul Hai Habibi ( ps, عبدالحى حبيبي, fa, عبدالحی حبیبی) – ''ʿAbd' ul-Ḥay Ḥabībi'') (1910 – 9 May 1984) was a prominent Afghan historian for much of his lifetime as well as a member of the National Assembly of ...
* ''Amir Kror and his Ancestry'': Abdul Hai Habibi
Abdul Hai Habibi ( ps, عبدالحى حبيبي, fa, عبدالحی حبیبی) – ''ʿAbd' ul-Ḥay Ḥabībi'') (1910 – 9 May 1984) was a prominent Afghan historian for much of his lifetime as well as a member of the National Assembly of ...
–
Footnotes
External links
Online version of Pata Khazana Translated by Khushal Habibi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suri, Amir Kror
Year of birth unknown
771 deaths
Pashto-language poets
Pashtun people