{"id":7486,"date":"2017-07-12T21:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T21:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/?page_id=7486"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:46:04","slug":"subsourafghan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/spx\/slavicresearchguides\/subjectresources\/subsourafghan\/","title":{"rendered":"National Bibliography Of Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"nav nav-tabs\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/spx\/subsourgen\/\">General Sources<\/a><\/i>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/spx\/country\/\">Country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/iri\/turkish\">Turkish<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publishing<\/h3>\n<p>The printing press in Afghanistan emerged in the 1870s during the reign of Sh\u012br Al\u012b Khan.\u00a0 The emir inaugurated the printing age with the purchase of lithograph printing equipment from India. Afghanistan printed its first newspaper <em> Shams an-nah\u0101r <\/em> in 1873 (1873-1878).\u00a0 Lithographs (books) printed during 1870-1901 period are listed in G. F. Girs\u2019 work, \u201cPervye pechatnye knigi Afganistana,\u201d[in <em> Pamiatniki istorii i literatury vostoka<\/em>, Moskva, 1986, the list appears on pp. 115-132], with the following information:\u00a0 title translation in Russian, author, language of publication, place of publication, annotation, and physical description.\u00a0 Major serial publications that appeared in Afghanistan from 1905 to 1932 are discussed in <em> Bibliografiia Vostoka <\/em> (vyp. 5-6, 1934) [see E.\u0116. Bertel\u2019s, \u201cAfganskaia pressa,\u201d pp. 9-26].\u00a0 E. \u0116. Bertel\u2019s lists publication frequency, names of editors, topical coverage, and the language of publication.\u00a0 Researchers interested in Afghan publications should also consult Ali Ahmad Saber&#8217;s work, <strong>A Guide to magazines and newspapers of Afghanistan from 1252-1356 (1873-1977) <\/strong> [Kabul: University Printing Press, 1977].<\/p>\n<h3>National Bibliography<\/h3>\n<div id=\"1425615content\" class=\"roundbox innerbox innerbox_1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association) was established in 1971 by Abdul Rasul Rahim, \u201ca former Kabul University Librarian.\u201d\u00a0 Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan\u2019s national objectives included the following: \u201cto promote literacy and libraries in Afghanistan\u201d; \u201c\u2026to improve the status of librarians and to lobby for a national library system and for a School of Library Science in Kabul University.\u201d\u00a0 The library Association also embarked on compiling a national bibliography for Afghanistan, which it \u201cirregularly published\u201d.\u00a0 In 1977, Muhammad Ibrahim Stwodah [Muhammad Ibrahim Sutudah] and Ahmad Zia Modarrissi\u2019 [Ahmad Ziya Mudarrisi] published their compiled work, <strong> Kit\u0101bshin\u0101s\u012b-i\u00a0 mill\u012b-i Afgh\u0101nist\u0101n <\/strong> [ <em> Afghanistan <\/em> <em> \u2019s National Bibliography (annotated) July 17, 1973-August 17, 1977]. <\/em> The national bibliography was published by Kabul University Library as &#8220;Library Series no. 11.&#8221;\u00a0 The national bibliography\u2018s scope included \u201c\u2026all publications since the proclamation of the Republic in Afghanistan, in July 17, 1972 (26 of Saratan, 1352) to the time of publishing this [bibliography]\u201d [ <strong> Source <\/strong> : <em> World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services <\/em> (Third Edition, Chicago, 1993), &#8220;Afghanistan,&#8221; pp. 36-38; <strong> Kit\u0101bshin\u0101s\u012b-i\u00a0 mill\u012b-i Afgh\u0101nist\u0101n<\/strong>, &#8220;Preface,&#8221; pp. 1-2].\u00a0 The traumatic events of the past thirty one years have prevented Afghanistan from fully restoring the publication of a national bibliography.\u00a0 Since the fall of the Taliban, restoration projects have began to offset the damage caused military conflicts at Kabul University Library, the &#8220;unofficial&#8221; national library of Afghanistan.\u00a0 Researchers interested in the development of libraries in Afghanistan should consult Edward R. Reid-Smith&#8217;s work, &#8220;Library development in Afghanistan&#8221;[<em>Unesco bulletin for libraries <\/em> , v. 28, no. 1, January-February, 1974, pp. 17-21].\u00a0 For information on the condition and restoration projects currently underway at Afghan libraries, see Rosemary Talab&#8217;s work, &#8220;Kabul University Library in Afghanistan: Postwar Emergence&#8221;[<em>International Leads <\/em> , vo. 16, no. 3, 2002], and Nancy Hatch Dupree&#8217;s work, &#8220;Libraries in [Afghanistan]&#8221; [<em>International Preservation News <\/em> , no. 19, 1999, pp. 20-26].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publishing The printing press in Afghanistan emerged in the 1870s during the reign of Sh\u012br Al\u012b Khan.\u00a0 The emir inaugurated the printing age with the purchase of lithograph printing equipment from India. Afghanistan printed its first newspaper Shams an-nah\u0101r in 1873 (1873-1878).\u00a0 Lithographs (books) printed during 1870-1901 period are listed in G. F. 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