Gul-e Qaqa: Folk Tales of the Hazara People

A collection of folk tales of the Hazara people gathered by Taqi Wahedi and published by Tak. The stories are set down in the Hazaragi dialect of Persian, in the voice in which they are told aloud; the title tale follows a blind king whose sons are sent to find a healing flower. For Hazaragi-speaking families and readers interested in Afghanistan's oral literature.

Author: Taqi Wahedi

Original title: گل قاقا: افسانه‌هایی از مردم هزاره

Bought from a Kabul bookshop and hand-delivered — the recipient inspects it at the door before accepting. The edition and cover may differ from the photo.