Nazo Ana High School

Nazo Ana high schools are girls schools in Afghanistan. One is in "Mikrorayan-e-Awal" in District 9 of Kabul City, Afghanistan, and the other is in Kandahar City.

The schools are named after Nazo Tokhi, known mostly as Nazo Ana or Nazoo Anaa, (1651–1717) (Pashto: نازو انا‎) — a prominent Pashtun poet and a literary figure of the Pashto language.[1] Mother of the famous early-18th century Afghan King Mir Wais, she grew up in the Kandahar region.[2] Nazo Tokhi is remembered as a brave woman warrior in the history of Afghanistan, who eventually became the legendary "Mother of Afghan Nation."[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Anjuman-i Tārīkh-i Afghānistān (1967). Afghanistan, Volumes 20-22. Historical Society of Afghanistan. p. 53. ISBN 0778793354. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  2. ↑ Mirwais Neeka
  3. ↑ "Tribal Law of Pashtunwali and Women's Legislative Authority" (PDF). Harvard University. 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  4. ↑ Hōtak, Muḥammad; ʻAbd al-Ḥayy Ḥabībī; Khushal Habibi (1997). Pat̲a k̲h̲azana. United States: University Press of America. p. 30. ISBN 9780761802655. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

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