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Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Kitb qawfiid-i rislah (trans. from English, by order of Amir Shayr n.d. 383 AJ, MA 0182
Ajitan fiAli Khan, ed. Mirza Muh. Sadiq) Pashto (NA has hand-colored ms.)
fiAbd al-Rahman, Mulla b. Qazi Rislah-i ujjah qawiyah dar ibl-i fiaqid-i Wahhbyah or 1288/1871 29 AA, AJ, 0183
WN
Muhammad Safiid Khan-fiUlum Rislah-i shihb-i thqib ? [Polemic against Wahhabis.]
fiAbd al-Qadir, Qazi Qnn-nmah-i fiaskari (ul wa qawfiid) 1873 798 WN, SK 0184
1 WN
fiAbd al-Qadir, Qazi Fatw-yi Barahnah y Fatw-yi Amr 1873 0185
fiAbd al-Qadir, Qazi Tufat al-fiulam (Naat-nmah) 1292/1875 80 AA,WN, 0126
HN
fiAbd al-Qadir, Qazi, trans. & intro. Wafi-nmah (Account of Russian-Ottoman war from Times of London) 1294/1877 90+6 WN, MA, 0186
SK
Husayn Shah, Dr. Rislah-i majmafi al-barayn (muqbalah-i ikmat-i qadm wa jadd) 1295/1878 48 (481?) WN, HN, 0187
AJ. MA
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Charkhi and
Qazi Muhammad Ishaq Khan, eds.
Mirza Muhammad al-Basrawi, Iksr al-tijra (Calcutta) (published for Amir fiAbd al-Rahman Khan undated 152 + 21 0006
Thaqib r. 18801901) (On sericulture)
Muh. fiAbd al-Wsifi Qandahar 1300/1882-83
Kulliyt wa itilat-i fiqhyah-bi-r-yi nib-i quzt-i makim-i murfafia 36 HN 0188
Muhammad Nabi, Mirza Suwl wa jawb-i dawlat wa band wa bas-i salanat (missing t.p.) 1303/1886 48 HK, AJ, 0189
MA
Muhammad Nabi, Mirza Suwl wa jawb-i dawlat wa band wa bas-i salanat 1304/1887 47 HK, AJ 0624
Ghulam Jan Khan Laqmani, Mulla Suwl wa jawb-i dawlat wa band wa bas-i salanat (Pashto) 1303/1886 96 AJ 0190
Ahmad Jan Alikuzai Ass al-quzt (sharh-i uqq wa jaz) 1303/1885-6 140 AA, WN, 0129
FM
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir Pand-nmah duny wa dn 1303/1885-6 WN 0191
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir Nai-i nmchah (bi-Afghn) (Pashto) 1303/1885-6 16 AA, WN, 0623
HN, AJ,
MA
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir Nai-i nmchah (Persian) 1303/1885-6 16 0128
Mir Sayf al-Din fiAzizi Kuhistani Nai al-ibyn (masnaw) 1303/1885-6 108 WN, HN, 0192
AJ
Mir Ahmad Giranshinaw Mzak-i tpkhnah (02 copy missing t.p.) 1303/1885-6 180 AA, WN, 0193
HN
Mir Baqir fiAli Shah Lakhnawi, Shihb al-isb (trans. from Urdu) 1303/1885-6 72 WN, HN, 0194
AJ, MA
trans.
Ghulam Hasan, Mawlawi Mift al-isb (Delhi) 1303/1885-6 >136 AJ 0195
(fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir) Mzak-i jangi 1304/1886-7 10, 128 AA 0196
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Qazi Fayal al-tafriqah bayn al-zll wa al-njiyah (Rislah-i njiyah) 1303/1886-7 68 AA 0614
Abd al-Rahman Khan, Qazi Fayal al-tafriqah bayn al-zll wa al-njiyah (Rislah-i njiyah) 1304/1886-7 68 AA 0197
1
Arberry, 139 gives Fatw Barahnah under the name of Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 2 eds. 1873 and 1874.
Author Title Date pp. Source ADL# 2
? Hidyat al-shujfin 1304/1886-7 FM, MG 0198
Mir Baqir, ed. Kalimt amr al-bild f targhb ill-jihd 1304/1886-7 40 WN, HN, 0002
fiAyishah-i Durrani Qaid-i amdyah wa nafityah wa madyah (dwn) 1305/1887-8 352 WN, HN 0127
Mir Muhammad Azim Khan, ed. Sar-rishtah-i Islmyah Rm c1887 8 HK 0003
Mir Muhammad fiAzim Jan Sarjan Rm sar-rishtah-i Islmyah (Pashto) 1304/1886-7 8 AJ 0199
Mayjar, ed
Mulla Yusuf Ghaz 1887 HK 0200
Abu Bakr, Mulla, et. al. Taqwm al-dn 1306/1888-9 212 WN, HK, 0004
AJ, MA
fiAbd al-Razzaq Dihlawi Ihtisb al-dn (dastr al-fiamal-i muhtasib-h) 1306/1888 39 WN, HK 0201
fiAbd al-Rahman, Qazi Rislah-i Njiyah (According to AA another edition of Fayal 1307/1889 64 AA, WN, 0202
FM, HK,
al-tafriqah)
AJ
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Jang-i Rm wa Rs 1308/1888 56 WN, AJ 0203
Brig. fiAbd al-Subhan, trans.
Amir fiAbd al-Rahman Khan Kitb-i qnn-i Afghnistn (on duties of kt-awlah-drs) n.d. 31 0601
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai, ed
Ahmad Jan Khan Alikuzai and Qnn-i kr-guzr dar mufimalt-i hukmat wa tafiyn-i jarim-i 1309/1891 51 AA, WN, 0204
HK
Mawlawi Muhammad Jan siysat b-amr (This work was also known as Kitbchah-i ukmat,
Kitbchah-i akm-i ukmat, Kitb-i qawnn-i ukkm wa zubb,
Rislah-i dastr al-fiamal-i ukkm wa zubb, & Rislah-i ukmat)
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan (Rislah-i kharah wa naqshah-i saraddyah) [Rislah-i mushtamil 1309/1891 ST: 788 0205
bar kharah wa naqshah-i arz dkhilah wa khrijah-i udd-i janb-i
sharq wa nuqah-i filah bayn-i dawlatayn-i Afghanistan wa Ingls)
Ulama of Afghanistan Fatw (takfr of Hazarahs) ca. 1310 1 0206
Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi Qaid (Karachi) 1309/1892 184 MS 0207
Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi Dwn (dbchah by Mahmud Tarzi) (Karachi) 1310/1892 708 MA 0208
fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir Rislah (suwl wa jawb) (Durand negotiations) Rajab 1310/ 48 ST: 962,
970
Jan-Feb 1893
Frank A. Walter, trans. Munshi Tafilmnmah-i khayy (a second parthissah-i duwwum entitled 1310/1892-3 80 WN, AJ, 0725
MS, MA
Sultan Mohammad, ed. Gul Muham- Tufah-i Amr [on uniforms for darbar ceremonies])
mad Muhammadzai
Mirza Muhammad Thaqib Basrawi Rislah-i barah-i zrifin (Calcutta) (on cultivating tobacco) 1309-1311/ 60 AJ, MS 0209
Mir Munshi, Wakil al-tijrah) 189293
fiAbd al-Rahman, Amir Mirat al-fiuql wa kalimt-i mawfiizat-i amir 1311/18934 28 AA, HK, 0210
AJ, MA
Ahmad Jan Alikuzai Ass al-quzt 2nd edition 1311/1893-4 122 HK, AJ 0124
0603
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Rislah-i mawfiiah 1311/1893-4 104 WN, HK, 0001
AJ, MA
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Rislah-i mawfiiah bi-Afghn (Pashto trans. Mulla Ghulam Jan Afghani1311/1893-4 156 AJ, MA 0211
Nawis)
Author Title Date pp. Source ADL# 3
Rahmat Badakhshani Dwn-i Ramat Badakhshn X/1312/1895 114 AJ, MA 0115
fiAbd al-Rahman Beg Dihlawi, trans. Khwn-i nifimat (trans. from Urdu trans. of English original) 1311/1893-4 116 WN, AJ 0212
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai,ed. Rislah-i nai-nmah 1311/1893-4 60 0123
fiAbd al-Rahman, Amir Mirt al-qulb 1312/1894 HK 0213
Mirza Muhammad Thaqib Mzn al-masfah (trans. of instructions for the mekometer or distance 1894 33 + 10 0613
al-Basrawi finder) (pub. in Calcutta for Amir fiAbd al-Rahman Khan)
Shayr Muhammad Jalalabadi (or Fat-nmah-i Kfiristn (Sayf al-afar) (Lahore) 1314/1896 16 AA, HK, 0214
AJ
Shayr Ahmad, according to AA)
Ghulam Nabi, kitb-chah nawis Mzak-i jang paltan 1314/1896-7 104 HN 0215
Sayf al-Din Baburi, trans Rislah-i ayrat-afz (rislah-i fiilm-i kmiy) 1314/1896-7 303 HN, AJ 0125
(fiAbd al-Rahman Khan, Amir) Mzak-i rislah 1315/1897-8 73 AA 0216
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai,ed. Tufah-i Amr (Kitb-i brd-sz) 1315/1897-8 200 AT 0217
Muhammad Hasan Khan, trans. Mabd al-fiulm (trans. from English) 1315/1897-8 140 AJ 0726
Muhammad Hasan, trans. Kitb-i fiilm-i masat 1315/1898-9 351 AJ 0131
fiAbd al-Qadir Khattak (ed. Gul Ysuf Zulaykh (Pashto) 1315/1898-9 790 AJ, HR, 0218
MA
Muhammad)
(fiAbd al-Qadir Khattak) Ysuf wa Zulaykh (Persian) MA 0219
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai madan-nmah 1316/1898-9 40 WN 0130
Sayf al-Din Baburi, trans. fiAmal-i lihn 1316/1898-9 790 AT, AJ 0220
Hajji Muhammad Khan Mifirj al-muminn, trans. fiAbd Allah Herati from Hindi (pub. in Hind) 1317/1899 24 AJ 0221
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Rislah-i qawafiid-i (kr-i) mirzyn 1317/1899 54 WN, HK, 0222
AJ
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Rislah-i kr-i mayjarh 1317/1899 32 HK, AT 0223
Gul Muhammad Muhammadzai Kitb-i qnn-i Afghanistn 1317/1899 14 AT, AJ 0224
Husayn Kashifi nah-i jahn-num (Selections from Anwr-i suhayl) 1318/1900 316 WN, MA 0005
Muhammad Zaman Barakzai Tuzk-i Npulyn-i Awwal (from 1308 Bombay edition) 1318/1900 84 WN 0010
Muhammadzai ed.
fiAbd al-Rashid Rat al-afl 1320/1902 104 WN, HN, GG 0225
Hajji fiAbd al-Khaliq Tarzi, ed. Qawfiid-i Sirj dar khardr ml az duwal-i khrijah 19 JT 1321/ 2, 66 WN, AJ, 0226
GG
13/IX/1903
Hajji fiAbd al-Khaliq Tarzi, ed. Qawfiid-i Siraj-al-millat fil-arq al-tafiziyah (Lahore) 1321/1903 60+2 WN, HN, 0227
AJ, GG
fiAbd al-Khaliq Muhammadzai Qnn-i ukkm-i dawlat-i khud-dd-i Afghnistn n.d. 68 AJ
0228
(Amir Habib Allah Khan) Dastur al-fiamal-h-yi aram (rules for harem) n.d. 168 0606
Qari Nik Muhammad Tufat al-afl 1322/1904 27+1 WN, AJ, 0007
GG
Qari Nik Muhammad Zubdat al-tajwd 1322/1904 44 WN, AJ, 0008
GG
Hajji fiAbd al-Khaliq Tarzi Mzak rislah dar fihrist-i fiaskari 1323/1905 100 AJ 0229
Ghulam Kitabchah-nawis Mzak-i tpkhnah (rahnum-yi mzk-i fiaskar) 1323/1905 184 WN, HN 0230
fiAbd al-Khaliq, ed. Mzak-i paltan 1323/1905 104 (lacks 0231
Author Title Date pp. Source ADL# 4
t.p., 1-4
(anon.) Mirt al-arz yafin mukhtaar-i jughrfiy-yi filam (Lahore) 1323/1905-06 106 SA
0147
Taqwm sanah-i yiln yil (sl-i mr) 1324/1906 58 WN, AJ 0232
Hajji Muhammad Khan Zikr-i Shh-i Islm (Urdu text followed by Persian translation on the 1324/1906 40+30 0233
occasion of the trip of Amir Habib Allah Khan to India in 1907 inc. at end
Mahmud Sami Tafilm-nmah-i mukhbarah ba wsiah-i afilma yafin bayraq 1337/1919 32, inc. MS 0296
Mahmud Sami Jughrfiy-yi fiumm-yi ibtid bar-yi shgirdn-i maktib-i 1337/1919 144 0610
fiaskariyyah-i Afghnistn
Humayun, trans. fiIlm al-ashy 1298/1919 37 AJ 0297
Omer Naji Mufiallim: tafilm-i qirat: uunci Kisim 1298/1919 136 MW 0298
Amir Aman Allah Khan Kitbchah-i dastr al-fiamal-i mal-i tujjrn (revenue laws) 1298/1919 67 0600
Mahmud Sami Prghrm-i fiilm-i isb bar-yi shgirdn-i maktib-i fiaskaryah 1298/1920 55 0709
Husayn Hifzi Istifdeli dersler: akhlq . . . (in Turkish) 1299/1920 68 MW 0299
Mahmud Sami Ul-i tanq 1299/1920 30 WN, HN 0300
iiyt-i awld-i shuhad . . . kih dkhil-i maktab-i funn-i arbyah 1299/1920 1 0301
garddah shudand
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Duwwum Kitab-i rasm 1299/1920 24 0625
Rassam
Prghrm-i mafirif- jashn-i istiqll n.d 181 0608
Wizarat-i Mafirif Hidyt-i mujzt n.d. 7 0714
Muhammad Nazif Kitb-i alifb-i Turk 1299/1920 64 AJ 0302
Amir fiAbd al-Rahman Khan Rislah-i njiyah 1920? TBD
Mahmud Sami Az tafilm-nmah-i piydah. Bas-i akhpur 1299/1920 80 0303
Mahmud Sami Jadwil-i haftah yafin prghrm-i tafilm wa tarbiyah 1299/1920 360 lacks 0304
title page
Sayyid Ahmad Kam-Bin arz-i jadd-i tafilm-i ibtid (arz-i Kak) 1300/1921 116 AJ 0305
Qandahari, Sayyid Kaka
(Sayyid Ahmad Kam-Bin Khulah-i arz-i Amn dar tafilm-i ibtid (Mifth al-tafilm) 38 0716
Qandahari, Sayyid Kaka?)
Gul Ahmad Qfiidah-i afghn (in Pashto) 1299/1921 24 0306
Author Title Date pp. Source ADL# 8
Kitb-i awwal-i frs 1299/1920 80 0307
Qazi Gul Ahmad Awwal Kitab-i Afghn 1300/1921 40 0611
Sayyid Ahmad Kam-Bin Qandahari, arz-i jadd-i tafilm-i ibtid (arz-i Kak) (1300/1921) 340 (miss TBD
Sayyid Kaka ing t.p.)
Muhammad Akram Rislah-i if al-iah 1300/1921 72 AJ 0308
Ziya Beg (1299) [Program of military instruction] translated from Turkish by n.d. 3+192 0309
Muhammad Amin
Sultan Muhammad Afghan Hayat-i jaddah (Lahore) 1300/1921 177+4 AJ 0310
Sultan Muhammad Afghan Jughrfiy-yi ayyibah 1300/1921 97+44 AJ 0311
Mahmud Sami Amsilah dar bb-i qumnda-h-yi shirat yafini qumnda-h-yi chlk 1300/1921 7 0313
Muhammad Sulayman Khan Ishrt-i akhlqya bar-yi mufiallimn 1300/1921 40 MW, WN, 0314
HN
(Minister of Education)
Ghulam Ghaws Kitab-i Karm (short letters as models of insh?) 1300/1921 90 0166
Fayz Muhammad Dihbashi Hidyat-i kisht-i gul-h wa qalamah-h wa ubbt wa ghayrih 1300/1921 164 WN, HN 0316
fiAbd al-Wasifi Qandahari, et. al. Tamassuk al-quzt-i Amnyah (iah-i duwwum, juz-i awwal) 1300/1921 184 WN, HN 0317
(dastr al-fiamal bi-r-yi makim-i sharfi ibtid wa murfafiah)
Muhammad fiAbd al-Wasifi 1300/1921
fiUnwn-i ass dnyt dar mazmn-i tafilm falsafah-i Islm qurni wa 84 WN, HN 0318
Qandahari yamn mn
fiAbd al-Wasifi Qandahari Kullyt wa iilt-i fiqhyah 1300/1921 36 WN 0319
Sayyid Ahmad Qandahari arz-i jadd-i tafilm-i ibtidyah (arz-i Kk) 1300/1921 36 0320
Sayyid Muhammad Hashim Khulah-i trkh-i waan 1300/1921 199 HN
0312
(Mahmud Sami) Tafilm-nmah-i piydah 1300/1921 386 MS 0322
Mahmud Sami Masil dar bb-i tafilm wa tarbiyah-i akhpuri-yi munfarid 1300/1921 51 0323
Muhammad Sulayman Kitab-i duwwum-i dnyyat 1300/1921 36 0715
Ghulam Mujtaba Hadiyah-i maktab-i amnyah-i ul-i daftar, Mafal-i namnah-i 1921 95 0351
mlyah Rydd-i krguzr
Humayun, trans. fiIlm al-ashy (chp-i awwal, but see undr 1298/1919) 1301/1922 152 AJ 0297
Owner abbreviations: ANL=Afghanistan National Library (formerly Kabul Public), BL=British Library, KU=Kabul University, LL= Lenin Library,
NA=National Archives of Afghanistan
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