Machine summary:
The writer of these lines had the pleasure of visiting the Academy in Kabul in 1937, and he can testify to the great impression made upon him by the modest yet enthusiastic and hard work of the young members of this only institution of its kind in that country of Firdausi.
Besides they publish the learned monthly Kabul with an annual almanac of the most interesting reading on Afghanistan and of general interest.
But there is also little doubt, that soon pure Pashtau words will replace many of the Persian and Arabic words as more and more classical Pashtau works are published suggesting equivalents.
There is no exaggeration in saying that during these one hundred odd years, we owe almost four• fifths of the publications in the Arabic language to the enterprising publishers of Cairo.
There are many institutions editing classical or new works in Arabic, at Cairo.
During these 26 years, the Bureau has published some 33 translations from European languages, edited some 9 classical works, and published some 43 original works in Arabic.
Apart from the hundreds of printed and hand-written books, re• presenting different periods, different languages, and different aspects of the Sirat,-such as the life of the Prophet, his wars, his educational policy, his government constitution, his system of the administration of justice, his dress, his food, his orations, his letters and treaties and others, -the local specialists made it possible to make the exhibition more popular and more attractive.