List of Pashto-language poets
This is a list of Pashto language poets.
7th century
- Amir Kror Suri, poet, warrior, ruler
15th century
- Pir Roshan, poet, warrior, intellectual (1525-1585)
16th century
- Khushal Khan Khattak, poet, warrior, tribal chief (1613-1689)
- Rahman Baba, poet (1653-1711)
17th century
- Afzal Khan Khattak, poet, grandson of Khushal Khan Khattak
- Ahmad Shah Abdali, poet, king, founder of Afghanistan (1723-1773)
18th century
- Abdul Hamid Baba, poet
Contemporary (20th century and beyond)
- Abdul Bari Jahani
- Abdul bin Kareem Osama Jamal Sheikh
- Abdul Lateef Minatbar
- Abdul Malik Afridi
- Abd-ur-Rahim Majzoob
- Ajmal Khattak
- Akhund Darweza
- Ameer Hamza Shinwari. He stands on a par with Khushal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba.
- 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 Khan
- Bakhtiar Anjum
- Gulfam Sabir
- Qamar Sehrayee
- Ikramullah Gran
- Israr
- Kabir Stori
- Khatir Afridi - often described as "John Keats of Pushtu Language";
- Malang Jan - aka Muhammad Amin
- Maulana Abdullah Ustad Nowshehrvi
- Mohammad Azam Azam
- Mohammad Hashem Zamani
- Mohammad Siddique Rohi
- Muntazir Bhitani
- Pareshan Khattak
- Pir Mohammad Karwan
- Qalandar Momand
- Rahmat Shah Sail
- Samandar Khan Samandar
- Samiullah Khalid Sahak
- Shamsul Qamar Andesh
- Sherzaman Taizi
- Syed Rasool Rasa - A modern Pashto poet and Novelistg
- Tahir Kulachvi
- Afgar Bukhari - a modern pashto poet belonging to Lakki Marwat
- Mirgul Shah - a modern pashto comic poet belonging to Bannu
- Mamtaz Ali Khan - a modern pashto comic poet belonging to Bannu
- Javed Ihsaas - a modern pashto poet belonging to Bannu
- Iwaz Khan Mohmand - a modern pashto poet belonging to Mohmand Agency
- Darwesh Durrani - Pir Mohmmad Kakar - Abdul Salam Ashezai - Yaqoob Shah Gharsheen - Asmat Zahir - Naeem Azad - Abdul Bari Aseer - Raz Mohammad Raz - Iwaz khan Mohmand
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