List of Pushtu language poets
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8th century
- Amir Polad Suri, poet, warrior, ruler and father of Amir Kror Suri
- Amir Kror SuriAmir Kror SuriAmir Kror Suri , also known as Jahan Pahlawan, is a legendary character in Pashtun national history and is claimed to have become the governor of Mandesh in Ghor.- Description in Pashtun folklore :...
, poet, warrior, ruler
17th century
- Khushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan Khattak was a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior,A charismatic personality and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote a huge collection of Pashto poems during the Mughal Empire in the 17th century, and admonished Pashtuns to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite...
, poet, warrior, tribal chief (1613-1689) - Rahman BabaRahman BabaAbdul Rahman Baba is popularly known as Rahman Baba , was a Pashtun Muslim poet from Peshawar in modern-day Pakistan who remains the most popular poet among the Pashtuns...
, poet (1653-1711)
18th century
- Afzal Khan KhattakAfzal Khan KhattakAfzal Khan Khattak was a Pashtun chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashtoon poet, and author of Tarikh-e-morassa was the eldest son of Ashraf Khan "Hejri"...
, poet, grandson of Khushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan Khattak was a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior,A charismatic personality and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote a huge collection of Pashto poems during the Mughal Empire in the 17th century, and admonished Pashtuns to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite... - Ahmad Shah Abdali, poet, king, founder of AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
(1723-1773) - Abdul Hamid BabaAbdul Hamid Baba- Biography :Abdul Hameed Masho Gagar was born in the second half of the 17th century at Mashu Gagar, a small village controlled by the Kudrizi branch of the Mohmand clan, a Pashtun tribe. Hameed travelled to Peshawar, where he undertook his education, and became a priest...
, poet (?- c.1732)
Contemporary (20th century and beyond)
fazal hakim andaleeb----dir talash-tow poetry books /gorgory//and /zonde/- Akbar Hoti
- Abdul Bari Jahani
- Abdul bin Kareem Osama Jamal Sheikh
- Abdul Lateef Minatbar
- Abdul Malik Afridi
- Abd-ur-Rahim Majzoob
- Ajmal KhattakAjmal KhattakAjmal Khattak was a Pakistani politician, writer, Pashtun poet, Khudai Khidmatgar, former President of Awami National Party and close friend of the late Khan Wali Khan....
- Akhund Darweza
- Ameer Hamza ShinwariAmeer Hamza ShinwariAmeer Hamza Shinwari , born in Landi Kotal in the year 1907 and died in February 1994, was a famous Pashtun poet. He Belonged to the Shinwari tribe of the ethnic Pashtuns. Ameer Hamza's work is considered a fusion between classic and modern poetry...
. He stands on a par with Khushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan KhattakKhushal Khan Khattak was a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior,A charismatic personality and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote a huge collection of Pashto poems during the Mughal Empire in the 17th century, and admonished Pashtuns to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite...
and Rahman BabaRahman BabaAbdul Rahman Baba is popularly known as Rahman Baba , was a Pashtun Muslim poet from Peshawar in modern-day Pakistan who remains the most popular poet among the Pashtuns...
. - Arbab Rashid Ahmad Khan.
- Ashraf Khan Hijri
- Ashraf Maftoon
- Bait Neka one of Pushtu's mystical poets, whose poems are in pure Pushtu with no borrowed word of any other language;
- Deedar Yousupzay- Modern poet of Pushtu from the valley of Swat, Who is a doctor by profession but also write poetry
- Daulat Khan Luanrai
- Ghani KhanGhani KhanGhani Khan is widely considered as one of the best Pashto language poets of the 20th century, along with Ameer Hamza Shinwari. He stands on a par with Khushal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba. He was also a respected writer and artist...
- Layaq Zada Layaq
- Bakhtiar Anjum
- Gulfam Sabir
- Qamar Sehrayee
- Imdad Ullah Khiyal
- Ikramullah Gran
- Israr
- Kabir StoriKabir StoriDr. Kabir Stori is considered as one of the Pashto language prominent patriotic poet from Afghanistan. He was also a talented writer who wrote books on psychology in Pashto language.-Life:...
- Hafizullah KhaledHafizullah KhaledHafizullah Khaled is an Afghan Austrian humanitarian,Peace activist, writer and founder of the Help Afghan School Children Organization based in Vienna ....
- Khatir AfridiKhatir AfridiKhatir Afridi was born as Misree Khan in 1929, at Landi Kotal, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan near the border of Afghanistan, and died on August 24, 1961. Misree Khan was born to Afridi parents of the Zakka Khel clan. He was a prominent poet of the Pashto language but died young...
- often described as "John KeatsJohn KeatsJohn Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not...
of Pushtu Language"; - Malang JanMalang Jan-Early life & education:Malang Jan was born as Mohammad Amin in Bihsud District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. When he was only 3 years old, his father, Abdul Shakoor died. He was 15 years old when he along with his family moved to Kama District in search of work. Few years later he went to...
- aka Muhammad Amin - Maulana Abdullah Ustad Nowshehrvi
- Mohammad Azam Azam
- Mohammad Hashem ZamaniMohammad Hashem Zamani-Biography:Mohammad Hashem was born in 1928 in the village of Lamattak, Kunar, Afghanistan. He was the son of Mir Zaman Khan,Hashem Zamani obtained his primary education at the local mosque...
- Asaar Niazi - great pushto poet, mostly love poets, proud of Bannu
- Mohammad Siddique Rohi
- Muntazir Bhitani from TANK
- Pareshan KhattakPareshan KhattakPareshan Khattak real name Gahami Jan Khattak, former Vice-Chancellor, Pashto poet and writer and former Chairman University Grants Commission....
- Pir Mohammad KarwanPir Mohammad KarwanPir Mohammad Karwan is a prominent and contemporary poet writing in the Pashto language.-Academic life:Karwan has published three collections of poetry and two collections of short stories.Poetry books:*La Mashama Tar Mashama - له ماښامه تر ماښامه...
- Qalandar MomandQalandar MomandSahibzada Habib-ur-Rahman Qalandar Momand was a well known Pashto scholar, poet, critic, short story writer, journalist, linguist, lexicographer, and academician...
- Rahmat Shah SailRahmat Shah Sail-Early life:Rahmat Shah, son of Amin Gul was born in 1943 in Dargai village of Malakand Agency Wartier. At the age of 5, Sail was admitted to a local primary school . However, he was compelled to leave school after the third grade* * to assist his parents in earning a livelihood. After a hard day...
- Samandar Khan Samandar
- Samiullah Khalid Sahak
- Nasir ahmad niazi
- Shamsul Qamar Andesh
- Sherzaman TaiziSherzaman TaiziSherzaman Taizi was Pashtun writer, poet, intellectual and journalist.Born in Pabbi, Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa , British India...
- Syed Rasool Rasa - A modern Pashto poet and Novelist
- Tahir Kulachvi
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- Ghazi sial - Ghazi sial a Proud of Bannu "Pride of performance:poet. He also belongs to Bannu.He is known as "baba-e-sandura"
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- Naeem Azad
- Abdul Bari Aseer
- Raz Mohammad Raz
- Iwaz khan Mohmand
-WISAL KHATTAK----(1990...)Living in a village of District Nowshera(Nizampur), doing his BCS hons from dept of computer science University of peshawar...
see also
pushtojaved ihsah a great poet from Bannuدبیز متنNowshera District
Nowshera District
Nowshera is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan - the principal city is Nowshera. Nowshera District is divided into 47 Union Councils and 5 provincial seats....