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Pashto language Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

poets.

Folkloric

* Amir Kror Suri

16th century

Pir Roshan Bāyazīd Khān Ansārī Pīr Rōshān ( ps, ) or Pīr Rōkhān (1525–1585) was an Afghan warrior, poet, Sufi, and revolutionary leader. He wrote mostly in Pashto, but also in Persian, Hindustani, and Arabic, while he also spoke Ormuri. H ...

, poet, warrior, intellectual (1525–1585)

17th and 18th century

Khushal Khattak Khošāl Khān Khaṭak (1613 – 25 February 1689; Pashto: خوشال خان خټک), also known as Khushal Baba ( ps, خوشال بابا), was a Pashtun poet, chief, and warrior. Khushal Khan served the Mughal Empire protecting them fr ...

(1613–1689) born in Nowshera District,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

, he was a poet, warrior, and chief. *

Nazo Tokhi Nāzo Tokhī (نازو توخۍ), commonly known as Nāzo Anā ( ps, نازو انا, "Nazo the grandmother"), was an Afghan poetess and a writer in the Pashto language. Mother of the famous early-18th century Afghan king Mirwais Hotak, she gr ...

(1651–1717) born at

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...

, she was a poetess and mother of

Mirwais Hotak Mir Ways ibn Shah 'Alam, also known as Mirwais Khan Hotak (Pashto/Dari: ) (1673–1715) was an Afghan ruler from the Ghilji tribe of Kandahar, Afghanistan, and the founder of the Hotak dynasty. In 1709, after overthrowing and assassinating Geo ...

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Rahman Baba Abdur Rahmān Momand ( ps, عبدالرحمان بابا; 1632–1706) or Rahmān Bābā ( ps, رحمان بابا), was a renowned Pashtun Sufi Dervish and poet from Momand Agency in Peshawar during the Mughal era. He, along with his contemp ...

(1653–1711) born at Lakkimarwat, poet. * Abdul Hamid Baba (?–c.1732) born near

Peshawer Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, he was a poet. *

Hussain Hotak Shah Hussain Hotak, (Pashto/Dari: ), son of Mirwais Hotak, was the fifth and last ruler of the Hotak dynasty. An ethnic Pashtun (''Afghan'') from the Ghilji tribe, he succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother Mahmud Hotak in 1725. ...

(?–1738) born at

, poet, king. * Afzal Khan Khattak (?–c.1770) poet, grandson of Khushal Khattak. * Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at

he was a poet, king, founder of

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

20th century and beyond

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* Khatir Afridi * Abaseen Yousafzai

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* Rahmatullah Dard *

Tahir Dawar Mohammad Tahir Khan Dawar ( ur, طاہر داوڑ; ps, طاهر داوړ) was a Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet who was abducted from Islamabad on October 26, 2018 and then tortured and killed. His body was found on November 13, 2018 b ...

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* Farigh Bukhari

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* Abdul Bari Jahani

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* Pir Mohammad Karwan *

Hafizullah Khaled Hafizullah Khaled ( fa, حفیظ الله خالد) is an Afghan Austrian humanitarian, peace activist, writer and founder of the Help Afghan School Children Organization (HASCO) based in Vienna (Austria). HASCO is a not-for-profit, non-politica ...

* Ghani Khan * Ajmal Khattak * Pareshan Khattak

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* Sulaiman Layeq * Arman Loni *

Wranga Loni Wranga Loni ( ps, وړانګه لوڼۍ, ur, وڑانگہ لونی; also spelled Wrranga Lunri or Wrranga Luni) is a human rights activist and writer from Sanjawi in northern Balochistan, Pakistan. She is a leading member of the Pashtun Tahaf ...

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* Qalandar Momand *

Abdul Ali Mustaghni Abdul Ali Mustaghni (1875-1933) was an Afghan poet. He is one of the most influential poets in modern Persian literature.Wali Ahmadi (2008): ''Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan - Anomalous Visions of History and Form'', He was named as the ...

* Matiullah Turab *Matiullah Qureshi * Munair Jan Bunari

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* Pir Gohar

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* Riaz Tasneem

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* Rahmat Shah Sail *

Amanullah Sailaab Sapi Amanullah Sailaab Sapi (an alternative spelling for Safi) ( ps, امان الله سېلاب ساپی/صافي , born 1933 - died 1979) was a renowned Afghan poet and writer.http://www.tolafghan.com/sailab/jwandlik.shtml Early life and educati ...

Hamza Shinwari Ameer Hamza ( ps, امیرحمزه), commonly known as Hamza Baba (), was a prominent Pashto-language poet. His books are taught on master levels in University of Peshawar. At least 5 scholars did their PH.D research thesis on him. He is consid ...

Kabir Stori Kabir Stori (6 April 1942 – 4 April 2006) ( ps, کبیر ستوری) was a Pashtun nationalist, poet, and writer from Kunar Province of Afghanistan. He was chairman of the Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, a political party that he found ...

Salma Shaheen Salma Shaheen (born 16 April 1954) is a Pakistani poet, fiction writer, researcher, and the first Pashto-woman novelist, who also served as the first-woman director of Pashto Academy of University of Peshawar. She primarily wrote poems in Urdu a ...

* Sahib Shah Sabir

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* Sherzaman Taizi

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* Mohammad Hashem Zamani * Ezatullah Zawab {{Pashto language

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

Pashto-language poets