Abstract
It is an irony of fate that the colonial mindset of the ruling elite and
official historians in our country tried to project the role of a few
leaders in the freedom movement while ignoring the voice of others for
their own political and ideological reasons. This article highlights the
role of an unsung hero of our freedom movement, Muhammad Aslam
Sanjari of Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). How did Sanjari, a sub
tribe of Kakar Pashtuns, migrate from Kandahar to Bolan
(Balochistan) and how did they settled in Peshawar? Being a member
of noble Afghan family, a young Aslam Sanjari was attracted by
revolutionary movements and newspapers like Al-Hilal, Albilagh and
Sirajul Akhbar Afghania in Peshawar valley. He spent many years in
British jails and in solitary confinement and prisons in Kabul.
Nevertheless, during imprisonment, he wrote excellent poetry in
Pashtu, Urdu and Persian with notions of nostalgia and spirit of
freedom. How he participated overtly and covertly in various political
movements for the independence of our motherland and people’s rights
on both sides of the Durand Line is the main focus of the article.
Fazl-ur-Rahim Marwat, Shahbaz Khan. (2017) MUHAMMAD ASLAM SANJARI: UNSUNG HERO OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT, Pakistan , Volume 53, Issue 1.
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