Adam Khan and Durkhani

Last updated October 19, 2025

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Adam Khan and Durkhanai | PukhtunWomen". 2009-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2022-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ The Bazaar of the storytellers (1986) Wilma Louise Heston, Mumtāz Naṣīr Lok Virsa Pub. House, Original from the University of Michigan
↑ Mashriq TV (2020-12-15), Adam Khan Durkhanai | Palwashay | 15th-December-2020 | Mashriq TV, YouTube , retrieved 2022-04-19

Printed versions

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.

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[1] "Adam Khan and Durkhanai | PukhtunWomen". 2009-11-14. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2022-04-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] The Bazaar of the storytellers (1986) Wilma Louise Heston, Mumtāz Naṣīr Lok Virsa Pub. House, Original from the University of Michigan

[3] Mashriq TV (2020-12-15), Adam Khan Durkhanai | Palwashay | 15th-December-2020 | Mashriq TV, YouTube , retrieved 2022-04-19

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