Talk:Sholgara District

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[edit] Name change

The article mentions a name change from "Boyna-qara" to "Sholgara" and cites the "Pashtunisation policy of Vazir Muhammadgul Mohmand", however this appears on its surface to be axe-grinding since there is no article on "Pashtunization policy" or "Vazir Muhammadgul Mohmand". Possibly "Vazir Muhammadgul Mohmand" is the same as Muhammad Gul Khan Mohmand (1885-1964), but this is not entirely clear. In the Zahir Shah and His Uncles, 1933-1953 section of the Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah article it says: "Hashim [[[Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan]]] also started the Pashtunization of Afghanistan. He selected Gul Muhammad Khan Mohmand as his new advisor for the northern regions and started distributing northern lands to Pashtuns who supported his brother, Nader Khan. The schools were forced to teach in Pashto and government officials and workers were forced to attend Pashto courses daily or their salaries would be cut." This is supported by a non-pinpoint citation to: Mir Ghulam Muhammad Ghobar, P: "Afghanistan dar maseer Tarikh". Since there are English language sources for the history of Afghanistan, and the bias, if any, of the non-English language sources here cannot adequately be established, it would be better to be neutral in the presentation of the name change. It is unclear whether this name change was in 1935 or later. It is unclear during whose reign this name change was made. --Bejnar (talk) 18:03, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

At 03:11, 30 January 2008, YousufzaySwati56, believed to be a sockpuppet of Ben-nam, removed, without comment, the "contested" link that points here. I placed that pointer in lieu of removing potentially controversial material. Does anyone have an English language source here? Alternatively, does someone have the text of the non-English language source with an accurate translation? --Bejnar (talk) 00:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)