Adam Khan and Durkhani is a classic Pashtun romance which has been called the Pashto Romeo and Juliet along with Yusuf Khan and Sherbano.
Adam Khan hailed from Bazadara Bala (a village in Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Durkhanai was from Bazadara Payan. It is considered a classic in the Pashto literature.
References
Bibliography
- Printed sources
- Abbas, Zainab Ghulam (1957). "Adam and Durkhane (Pushto)". Folk Tales of Pakistan. Pakistan Publications. pp. 111–124.
- Lebedev, Konstantin [in Russian] (1972). "Адам-хан и Дурханый" [Adam-khan and Durkhany]. Афганские сказки и легенды [Afghan Tales and Legends] (in Russian). Moskva: Главная редакция восточной литературы издательства Наука. pp. 117–161.
