TatimmatUl-bayanFeTarikhAl-afghan, written by Seyd Jamal Ul Din Al-Afghani, is a brief history of the author's birth country, Afghanistan.  It was initially published in the Arabic language in Istanbul, Turkey by Ali Yousef Al-Kredlie, the editor of  Al-Alm ul-Usmani magazine, who dedicated the edition to the King of Afghanistan, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan.  This occurred in 1901, five years after Seyd Jamal Ul Din Afghanis death.   Later in the mid 1930s in Kabul Afghanistan, Anies (انیس) Newspaper Editor, Mohammad Amin Khogyani (محمد امین خوګیانی)  wrote The Life of Seyd Jamal ul din Al-Afghani.  At this time he decided to translate TatimmatUl-bayanFeTarikhAl-afghan to Dari, which was included as a volume to his original work when published in 1940.  Its distribution was put on hold in Afghanistan by the request of the British government until after the end of WWII which was in 1946.  This highly credible resource leaves no doubt that Seyd Jamal ul din Al-Afghani was a native Afghani.  The book shows Seyd Jamal ul din Afghani's relationship to the nation and should eliminate any doubts that he was born elsewhere. Despite speculation he was born in Iran, Seyd was born in Assadabad Kunar, Afghanistan.  It is important to mention that Mohammad Amin Khogyani's work has been divided in this archive, including only the translation of TatimmatUl-bayanFeTarikhAl-afghan, for the reader's convenience.

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