Pata Khazana

Folios from a manuscript of the Pata Khazana, scribed by Muhammad Abbas Kasi, Quetta, 1303 A.H. (1886 C.E.)

Pata Khazāna (Pashto: پټه خزانه, lit. 'Hidden Treasure') is the title of a manuscript written in the Pashto language. According to its discoverer, the script contains an anthology of Pashto poetry, which precedes the earliest known works of Pashto literature by hundreds of years.