Title: Tales of Afghanistan /
Authors: Shah, Amina.
Date: 1982
Publisher: Octagon Press,
Physical description: 115 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: Eighteen folktales from the author's ancestral homeland, including "The Unforgettable Sneeze," "The Ruby Ring," and "The Leopard and the Jinn."
Contents: Unforgettable sneeze -- Amir who became a weaver -- Tailor and the deev -- Know-all and the cowardly thieves -- Widow's son and the fig-pecker -- Well-digger and the deev -- King's favourite and the beautiful slave -- Princess and the bulbul -- Magic shawl and the enchanted trumpet -- Well of everlasting life -- Ruby ring -- Beggar, the lion and the dog -- Water-carrier's fabulous sons -- Faithful gazelle -- Leopard and the jinn -- Prince Mahsud and the king rat -- Amir who was a beggar -- Meatball's leader.
Subject headings (LCSH): Tales--Afghanistan.