Talk:Mohammad Gul Khan Momand

Pashtunization

The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2TUWgCWjjvoC |year=1982 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=United States |isbn=0195030672 |pages=320. was cited for:

"He was also assigned as "special envoy to northern Afghanistan" where he pushed for Pashtunization of the region (i.e. settling Pashtuns, often by force, in the north). Other schemes of Pashtunization included changing the lingua franca of the region from Persian to Pashto."

However that book does not mention Pashtunization, any appointment as a "special envoy" or any resettlement. It mentions Muhammad Gul Khan Mohmand twice, once on page 246 and once on page 250; neither reference mentions any policies. On that basis and on the basis of the evidence in the cites Tapper book, I have removed those sentences. --Bejnar (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

• Now, Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World by Gulru Necipoglu on page 87, does have a great deal to say about Muhammad Gul Khan Mohmand, including about resettlement. I suggest you look there. --Bejnar (talk) 22:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

That part is from the Tapper's book. Read it more thoroughly and you'll find it. TruePashtoon (talk) 23:01, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

I used electronic searching and did not find it. Please provide pinpoint citation to exact page. --Bejnar (talk) 14:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

If you have additional sources please add them. Thanks. TruePashtoon (talk) 23:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually that wasn't Tapper that was another source I forgot about it. I'm adding it. TruePashtoon (talk) 17:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Neutrality of this article

It is very clear that the users like Beh-nam and Anoshirawan have been invovled in anti-Pashtun activities here in wikipedia and their main objective and goal was to give every Pashtun a negative image here in wikipedia. (Ketabtoon (talk) 20:53, 28 July 2009 (UTC))

"Mohmand was a fierce Pashtun nationalist.[1] Mohmand enforced a central government policy of political and cultural discrimination against non-Pashtuns.[2] He was also assigned as "special envoy to northern Afghanistan"[2] where he pushed for Pashtunization of the region (i.e. settling Pashtuns, often by force, in the north).[3] Other schemes of Pashtunization included changing the lingua franca of the region from Persian to Pashto.[4]" -- This part of the article does not sound very neutral. Wikipedia clearly states that it is very important to keep a neutral view here in wikipedia. This part of the article will be removed. (Ketabtoon (talk) 20:56, 28 July 2009 (UTC))

You shouldn't remove sourced information. It doesn't matter who has brought it to Wikipedia. You can edit the article and show the other POVs (by citing reliable sources, not by removing the current cited sources). Alefbe (talk) 13:45, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Pashtun/Afghan Nationalism

This section of the article is particularly subject to POV statements. While the article needs to clearly state what the sources say Gul Khan Momand believed about Pashtun/Afghan nationalism, it must not (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view) allow bias to creep into that description. The following statements have no stated source:

• Mohammad Gul Khan have contributed tremendously to Pashtu language and literature.
• His work can best be compared to Khushal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba as a poet, writer, and orator.
• Mohammad Gul Khan was a strong advocate of the purification of the Pashtu language.
• Mohammad Gul Khan has proudly served his whole career to defend the sovereignty and independence of Afghan nation.

While these may well be sourceable, without such they appear to exaggerate his attributes. --Bejnar (talk) 01:08, 2 April 2015 (UTC)