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Sardar Mahmud Beg Tarzi was a politician and one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals. He is known as the father of Afghan journalism. As a prominent modern thinker, he became a key figure in the history of Afghanistan, following the lead of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by working for modernization and secularization, and strongly opposing religious extremism and obscurantism. Tarzi emulated the Young Turks coalition. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. August 1865 – 22. November 1933
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Famous Mahmud Tarzi Quotes

“Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens one's perception of the creation of the world, while travel extends one's field of vision.”

Mahmud Tarzi

Preface
A Book of Travel to Three Continents (Translated from Dahri) (1914)

“Once Europe existed in a Dark Age and Islam carried the torch of learning. Now we Muslims live in a Dark age.”

Mahmud Tarzi

Mahmud Tarzi, reflecting on King Amanullah's exile. http://www.afghan-web.com/history/quotes.html Link

“Listen to the flute it tells you a story' A story of nostalgia and separation.”

Mahmud Tarzi

Mahmud Tarzi, poem written in Turkey. Article by Dr. Bashir Sakhwaraz, Role of Afghan Writiers in Afghan Inependence

“The oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation.”

Mahmud Tarzi

An Afghan Intellect By Yama Atta & Hashmat Haidari http://www.afghanmagazine.com/articles/tarzi.html Link

“The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.”

Mahmud Tarzi

Foreign Minister Mahmud Tarzi, October 28, 1919

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