| Book Name | Qissa da Gul ao Sanobar |
| Author | Aman Gujrathi |
| Publish Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Shehbaz Khparandoya Tolana |
| Language | Pashto |
| Genre | Poetry |
| ISBN | NA |
| Download | Link1 |
Pashto Folk Story Gul ao Sanobar:
Qissa da Gul ao Sanobar is one of the very famous pashto folk stories, written by Aman Gujrathi in poetry form.Like other parts of the world, the culture of storytelling existed in Pashtoons. They entertained an inborn aspiration for story. As, novel originated in the West in 18th C; it diffused to this part of the world in 19th C, particularly impacting Urdu literature, then the Pashto novel. The translation made the diffusion of novel possible into Pashto. Naqsh-e-Nagin published in 1869, was the first Pashto translated novel from Urdu.Indigenous novel appeared in the early part of the 20th C. Besides, Pashto dastans such as, Gul Sanober, Adam Durkhanai etc, written in Masnavi or Badala, existed prior to the Pashto novel. Later on, British’s Pashto literature like Da Eesapul Hakim (Aesop fables- 1871) by Major Raeverty, and Molvi Ahmad’s Gunj-e-Pushto ( a collection of 49 stories-1872), along with his famous Pashto story in prose, Qissa da Adam Khan ao da Durkhanai, were produced in later part of the 19th C.
