Waris Shah never called Ahmad Shah Durrani a “Kabuli Dog” in his Poetry
Punjabi nationalists and Punjabi liberals on social media often say that Waris Shah (an 18th-century Punjabi poet) referred to his contemporary Ahmad Shah Durrani as a “rabid dog of Kabul” or “Kabuli dog” in his poetry. To determine the truth, I researched the matter and read several translations of Waris Shah’s “Heer.” To my surprise, … Read more