{"id":3884,"date":"2026-04-15T12:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3884"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:21","slug":"my-heartrendingly-tragic-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khowari.com\/?page_id=3884","title":{"rendered":"My Heartrendingly Tragic Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Author: <strong>Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Khan Azar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edited by Alberto Cacopardo &amp; Ruth Laila Schmidt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published by Novus Forlag &#8211; Oslo, 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The famous Azar manuscript was acquired in 1929 by Georg Morgenstierne in the Kati village of Kalash Valley, Chitral. Written in 1908 by a young pagan convert to Islam, it describes Kati (one of the pagan tribe) culture in detail, including rituals, politics, economy and law. Edited by Alberto M. Cacopardo and Ruth Laila Schmidt, it includes translation, photographs, maps and the original manuscript reproduction.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/My-Heartrendingly-Tragic-Story.-Shaikh-Muhammad-Abdullah-Khan-Azar-cacopardo-2006.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of My Heartrendingly Tragic Story. 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Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Khan &#8216;Azar&#8217; cacopardo 2006<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/khowari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/My-Heartrendingly-Tragic-Story.-Shaikh-Muhammad-Abdullah-Khan-Azar-cacopardo-2006.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d0693eff-bbbd-49db-9a3e-d7ae4fe73a02\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted on 15 April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah Khan Azar Edited by Alberto Cacopardo &amp; Ruth Laila Schmidt Published&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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