Recent Books and Research
Imran Khan, has covered the Burki and Kaniguram in his book "Warrior Race". The invading armies in Afghanistan seem to have paid significant attention from a historical perspective. During the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Saint Petersburg State University Institute of Oriental Studies seemed to have been the institution tasked to study the Roshaniyya movement, in order to understand their foe (see reference section below). The Soviets were not far off the mark as it so happens that Waziristan was the focal point for some of the toughest fighters against the Soviets.
Aminullah Khan Gandapur, in his book "Taikh-i-Sar Zamin-i-Gomal" (History of the Gomal Land; National Book Foundation-2008) has ascribed a complete chapter to the Roshnayee Movement and to their strife and achievement with the sword and the pen
Following the 2002 invasion, the West also sent their scholar into the field to study and understand this movement. Dr. Sergei Andreyev,(Chief Joint Mission Analysis Center, United Nations), an Oxford academic was sent on UN assignment to Afghanistan, while at the same time he was funded by the Institute of Ismaili Studies to research and write a book on the movement. There have been multiple editions of this book; however its sale and distribution remains restricted in 2011.
Read more about this topic: Pir Roshan
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