Amīr Krōṛ Sūrī (), 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 to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the ...
ary character in
Afghan national history and is claimed to have become the King of
Mandesh in
Ghor. Amir Kror Suri is considered to be the first poet of
Pashto
Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...
language. He is not to be confused with
Amir Suri, the king of Ghor in the 9th-10th centuries.
Description in Pata Khazana
According to
Pata Khazana, Amir Kror Sori was son of ''Amir Polad Suri''
(686-751 AD) 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, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...
.
See also
*
Amir Suri, a 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
Qais Abdur Rashīd or Qais Abdul Rasheed () is said to be, in post-Islamic lore, the legendary founding father of the Pashtuns. It is believed that the conception of such a figure was promoted to bring harmony between religious and ethnic identit ...
, 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
* ''
Pata Khazana'':
Abdul Hai Habibi
* ''Amir Kror and his Ancestry'':
Abdul Hai Habibi
Footnotes
External links
Online version of Pata Khazana Translated by Khushal Habibi
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Legendary Asian people