List of Pashto-language poets
This is a list of Pashto language poets.
Folkloric
- Amir Kror Suri
16th century
- Pir Roshan (1525–1585), poet, warrior, and intellectual
17th and 18th century
- Khushal Khattak (1613–1689) born in Nowshaar Province, Peshawar, Afghanistan, he was a poet, warrior, and chief.
- Nazo Tokhi (1651–1717) born at Kandahar, she was a poet and mother of Mirwais Hotak.
- Rahman Baba (1653–1711) born at Lakkimarwat, poet.
- Abdul Hamid Baba (?–c.1732) born near Peshawer, he was a poet.
- Hussain Hotak (?–1738) born at Kandahar, poet, king.
- Afzal Khan Khattak (?–c.1770) poet, grandson of Khushal Khattak.
- Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at Kandahar he was a poet, king, founder of Afghanistan.
- Hafiz Alpuri (?–c. 1810), sufi poet from Shangla District.
- Rahat Zakheli (1884-1963) born at Nowshera, Pakistan. He is the first Pashto novelist and first short story writer, who was also a poet.
20th century and beyond
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