Abdul Haq Betab

Abdul Haq Betab was born in Kabul in 1883, the son of Molla Abd-al-Ahmad Attar, and died there in 1968. He taught Persian and Arabic in the city's lycées, then literature at Kabul University. Versed in Islamic law, hadith, exegesis and astronomy, a Sufi and authorised successor in the Naqshbandi order, he received in 1952 the title of poet laureate. His house was a meeting place for poets and scholars. He also wrote treatises on rhetoric, rhyme and metrics, and translated Arabic texts.

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• PoetryدیوانAbdul Haq Betab · 1951not translated into EnglishLiterature