History of the name afghanistan

[gadoonwal]

This is just for info.Kindly no political discussion in this thread.
I want to know who named the modren afghanistan?
Did founder of the modren afghanistan ahmad shah baba named it?
or someone els?
I could,nt find anything from his side so far.
Remember i am asking about the name of modren afghanistan(from the time of ahmad shah baba).

[khushal]

what are you talking about. its in his poems. but the name has been documented before him.

[gadoonwal]

what are you talking about. its in his poems. but the name has been documented before him.

thank you,may be i did,nt notice that.
could you pls write that line of his poem.?

[khushal]

By blood, we are immersed in love of you.
The youth lose their heads for your sake.
I come to you and my heart finds rest.
Away from you, grief clings to my heart like a snake.
I forget the throne of Delhi
when I remember the mountain tops of my Afghanistan.
If I must choose between the world and you,
I shall not hesitate to claim your barren deserts as my own

[ډګروال]

o really
you are becoming more and more like gul agha.
you should join with him because you both are against Afghans and the name Afghanistan.
the only difference is he is a tajokistoni and you are a paki.

you guys both have the same tactics and offcourse no shame.

[gadoonwal]

o really
you are becoming more and more like gul agha.
you should join with him because you both are against Afghans and the name Afghanistan.
the only difference is he is a tajokistoni and you are a paki.

you guys both have the same tactics and offcourse no shame.

so kabarwal jump again,,za wrak sha nasholata.
you yourself is persain iranizad gul aga.
I clearly wrote no political discussion here.I just want to know i have nothing against the name of afghanistan.It is up to the people of afghanistan not me decide their name.I am history person,,,,,,,you khar will never understand my point.
so from kabulzada now you are dagarwal,,,,,,,,we recognise you do,nt worry.

[gadoonwal]

By blood, we are immersed in love of you.
The youth lose their heads for your sake.
I come to you and my heart finds rest.
Away from you, grief clings to my heart like a snake.
I forget the throne of Delhi
when I remember the mountain tops of my Afghanistan.
If I must choose between the world and you,
I shall not hesitate to claim your barren deserts as my own

wrong and changed


da dehli taht herawoom ci rapayad shey
da khpal khukali pakhtunkhwa da ghra sarona

He used pashtunkhwa not afghanistan and that line.


it is clearly written .

[gadoonwal]

my question is who named the modren afghanistan?
was it ameer abdurahman?

[rednwhite99]

my question is who named the modren afghanistan?
was it ameer abdurahman?

To the extent i know afghan was word used for pashtuns but till ahmad shah other pashtuns like sher shah and lodhi were not that much of patriotic ones or strong ..sher shah was strong but his reign was merely 5 years .. but ahmad shah when attacked subcontinent his empire included modern pakistan and afghanistan but after his death empire disintegrated and pashtuns from both sides were in one country but other ethnicties became independant so at that time it became afghanistan and after that in 1800s sikhs captured some area and tajiks area was joined in afghanistan so i guess afghanistan was named by son of ahmad shah or maybe it was just a part of durrani empire i.e the pashtun parts were called afghanistan i guess ,... so at the end of 18 century u can say afghanistan name was officially given ..which means maybe durrani by himself or his sons ..bfr that it was called whole empire was called durrani empire bfr disintergration
its just my opinion dnt attack me guys ..

[Karachi]

History is a missing a huge chapter on Pashtuns and their origins, the word afghan or a related word may have been used long as long as 3000 years ago

[Bannuchi]

Now a days only "Desified" Pashtuns consider themselves non-Afghan.

But historically it was the self identification for all pashtuns and has commonly been used in pashto poetry. Even in the 1600s Khushal Khan Khattak was using the term Afghan for Pashtuns.

[rednwhite99]

Now a days only "Desified" Pashtuns consider themselves non-Afghan.

But historically it was the self identification for all pashtuns and has commonly been used in pashto poetry. Even in the 1600s Khushal Khan Khattak was using the term Afghan for Pashtuns.

in those days afghan was the word refered by persians to only pashtuns and not to anybody else but tday its different .. pashtun or pakhtun are the original terms..

[khushal]

in those days afghan was the word refered by persians to only pashtuns and not to anybody else but tday its different .. pashtun or pakhtun are the original terms..

you were there 3000 years ago? can you tell us what else happened during your stay in lala land.