Beyond Butshikan: Reassessing Sikandar Shahmiri’s “Iconoclast” Legacy — An Academic Essay by Khawar Khan Achakzai
In this ambitious academic essay, Khawar Khan Achakzai problematizes the historical figure of Sikandar Shahmiri—notoriously known as Sikandar Butshikan, “the idol breaker”—by engaging with a variety of historical texts, and previously unaccessed documentary and archaeological evidence. The essay cit