The books

You have three editions of our translation to choose from.

1. The Classic Edition

The classic version of whole diwan

It’s 900 pages long, with the classic Pushtu text printed next to the English translation. The result of four years work by Momin Khan, a Pakistani university graduate from the Swat Valley, and Robert Sampson, a former teacher at Edwardes College in Peshawar.

SORRY … IT IS SOLD OUT. We will reprint the diwan, however, so keep checking back here.


2. The Coffee Table Edition

Coffee table edition

In this book, the poems are set among beautiful sepia toned photos of the people of the Peshawar Valley that Rahman Baba knew so well. A conversation piece with a difference.

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3. The Rahman pocket selections

Pocket edition of selected couplets

A sampler volume of the classic Rahman Baba poems. The best of Rahman Baba. This slim selection of the great Pushtun poems is one of the fastest ways to get an appreciation of the poet and the people who have responded to him so positively for more than 300 years.

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