Obedience to the Amir: An Early Text on the Afghan Taliban Movement


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In the last year of the Taliban's government in Afghanistan, visitors to Mullah Omar's office in Kandahar received a parting gift. As they left, the movement's supreme leader asked them to take a slim volume from a pile beside the door. He told them that if they wanted to know how the Taliban were meant to behave, they should read the book. The books which Mullah Omar handed out were Pashto and Farsi translation of Eta't Amir, or 'Obedience to the Leader'. Mufti Rasheed published the original in Urdu after having toured Taliban-run Afghanistan. Mullah Omar's endorsement indicates that he believed that: Rasheed had captured the essence of the Taliban Movement. Michael Semple and Yameema Mitha have translated this important primary source and added a commentary and appraisal.



Author: Rasheed Ludhianvi
Publisher: First Draft Publishing Gmbh
Published: 12/11/2015
Pages: 92
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 7.48h x 4.72w x 0.19d
ISBN13: 9783944214214
ISBN10: 3944214218
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Religion, Politics & State
- History | Asia | South | General

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