Compiled by Dr Naseer Dashti, this first-ever English Balochi Dictionary written in Roman script is a milestone in Balochi language and literature. Bringing together the Balochi equivalents of thousands of English words will certainly be a great help for learners, translators, scholars, and researchers. Balochi is one of the oldest languages in the world but for various reasons its development has been hampered. This dictionary being in the Roman script will be a great step forward for the development of the Balochi language.
The work is the first-ever comprehensive Balochi to English dictionary containing the detailed English meanings of over 30,000 Balochi words. The dictionary, the only one of its kind, is expected to help not only students of Balochi language but also those who are in the field of research on the Balochi language.
Compiled by Dr Naseer Dashti, this first-ever English Balochi Dictionary written in Roman script is a milestone in Balochi language and literature. Bringing together the Balochi equivalents of thousands of English words will certainly be a great help for learners, translators, scholars, and researchers. Balochi is one of the oldest languages in the world but for various reasons its development has been hampered. This dictionary being in the Roman script will be a great step forward for the development of the Balochi language.
Three thousand years ago, a group of Indo-Iranic tribes (called Balaschik at that time) settled in the northwestern Caspian region of Balashagan. Circumstances forced them to disperse and migrate towards south and eastern parts of Iranian plateau. In medieval times, they finally settled in present Balochistan where they became known as the Baloch. During their long and tortuous journey from Balashagan to Balochistan, the Baloch faced persecutions, deportations, and genocidal acts of various Persian, Arab and other regional powers. During 17th century, after dominating Balochistan culturally and politically, the Baloch carved out a nation state (the Khanate of Kalat). In 1839, the British occupied Balochistan and subsequently it was divided into various parts. In the wake of the British withdrawal from India in 1947, Balochistan regained its sovereignty but soon Pakistan occupied it in 1948. The historical account of the Baloch is the story of a pastoralist nomadic people from ancient times to mid-twentieth century. The author outlines the origin of the Baloch state and its variegated history of survival against powerful neighbors such as the Persians, the British and finally, Pakistan. This fascinating research work discovers the background of the long drawn-out conflict between the Baloch and Pakistan and Iranian states.
A new History of Persian Literature in 18 Volumes. Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves. A History of Persian Literature answers this need and offers a new, comprehensive and detailed history of its subject. This 18-volume, authoritative survey reflects the stature and significance of Persian literature as the single most important accomplishment of the Iranian experience. It includes extensive, revealing examples with contributions by prominent scholars who bring a fresh critical approach to bear on this important topic. This companion volume deals with two of the most under-researched areas of study in the Modern Iranian field: the Persian oral and popular literature of Iran, Tajikistan and Persian-speaking Afghanistan on the one hand; and the written and oral literatures of the Kurds, Pashtuns, Baloch and Ossetians on the other.
