List of Pashto-language poets
This is a list of Pashto language poets.
Folkloric[]
16th century[]
- Pir Roshan, poet, warrior, intellectual (1525–1585)
- Merza Khan Ansari
- Dawlat Lawanri
17th and 18th century[]
- Khushal Khattak (1613–1689) born in Nowshera District, Pakistan, he was a poet, warrior, and chief.
- Nazo Tokhi (1651–1717) born at Kandahar, she was a poetess and mother of Mirwais Hotak.
- Rahman Baba (1653–1711) born at Peshawer, 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.
- Abdul Qader Khattak,Mystic,Poet,Translator
- Sadar Khan Khattak.poet
- Gaohar Khan Khattak,Poet,Translator
- Ashraf Khan Hijri,Poet,Chief
- Bahram Kahn Khattak.Poet,Chief
- Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at Kandahar he was a poet, king, founder of Afghanistan.
20th century and beyond[]
A[]
- Khatir Afridi
- Khaiber Afredi
- Qaiser Afredi
- Abdul Karim Baryali
- Abaseen Yousafzai
- Akhound Meer Hassan Ahsan
- Rasheed Ahmed
- Iqbal Hussain Afkar
- Abdur Raheem Mjazoob
- Samiuddin Arman
- Abdullah Ostad
- Abdul Wahid Thekadar
- B
- Gul Muhammad Baitab
- Bismil Kakakhel
- Montazer Bhetani
D[]
F[]
- Farigh Bukhari
- Farhad Muhammad Ghalib Tareen
- Dr Faqeer Muhammed Faqeer
- Faizul Wahab Faiz
G
Gohar Ali Gohar Gigyani
Aamer Gamaryani
Dr Azmat Huma
Dr Abdul Qaddud Asim
Dr Israr
Dr Darwish Yusafzi
H.
Humayun Hamdard
Dr Chiragh Hussain
Muhammad Iqbal Hairan
Hairan Khattak
Dr Humayun Huma
Dr Hamdard Yousafzi
J[]
K[]
- Pir Mohammad Karwan
- Hafizullah Khaled
- Ghani Khan
- Ajmal Khattak
- Pareshan Khattak
- Dr Irfan Khattak
- Shoaib Khattak
- Mihar Rehman Khalil
- Dr Hanif Khalil
- Ibrar Kheshgi
L[]
- Qalandar Momand
- Abdul Ali Mustaghni
- Matiullah Turab
- M
- Saad Masroor
- M.R.Shafaq
P[]
R[]
- Riaz Tasneem
- Saleem Raz
- Professor Raz Muhammad Raz
- Rokhan Yousafzi
S[]
- Rahmat Shah Sail
- Amanullah Sailaab Sapi
- Hamza Shinwari
- Kabir Stori
- Salma Shaheen
- Sahib Shah Sabir
- Said Ul Amin Ahsan Kheshgi
- Saeed Gohar
- Ayub Sabir
T[]
- Sherzaman Taizi
- Dr Sher Zaman Seemab
- Mian Latif Shah Shahid
- W.
- Dr Nasrullah Jan Wazir
- Dr Muhib Wazir
- MuhamMad Wisal Khalil
Z[]
- Mohammad Hashem Zamani
- Ezatullah Zawab
- Dr Muhammad Zubair Hasrat
- Merza Zakhmee Zeegar
Categories:
- Lists of poets by language
- Lists of Pakistani people by occupation
- Pashto-language poets