Pashto literature and poetry

Updated on Oct 12, 2024

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Pashto literature and poetry (Pashto: پښتو ليكنې‎) refers to literature and poetry in Pashto language.

Notable figures

Amir Kror Suri, son of Amir Polad Suri, is an 8th-century folk hero and king from the Ghor region of Afghanistan

Pir Roshan, Pashto poet known for assembling Pashtun armies to fight against the Mughal emperor Akbar. Pir Roshan founded the 16th-century Roshanniya movement and wrote the Pashto book Khayr al-Bayān to present his philosophical ideas

Shaikh Mal, narrated the Yusufzai conquest of Swat, and devised rules for distribution of land and water rights which became known as da Shekh Mālī daftar

Khushal Khan Khattak, a 17th-century warrior-poet who preached the unity of all Pashtuns

Rahman Baba, one of the greatest Pashto poets of all times, whose works are every bit as important to the Pashtun as William Shakespeare is to the English. His works are spiritual

Muhammad Akbar Khadim (Pashto)

Akmal Asad Abadi (Pashto)

Afzal Khan Khattak (Pashto)

Ashraf Khan Khattak (Pashto)

Ajmal Khattak(Pashto poet)

Pareshan Khattak (Pashto)

Khan Roshan Khan (Pashtun historian and author)

Nazoo Anaa (Pashto)

Ghani Khan (Pashto)

Hamza Baba (Pashto)

Kabir Stori (Pashto)

Karwan (Pashto)