Poetry of Khushal Khan Khattak, Urdu Shayari of Khushal Khan Khattak

Khushal Khan Khattak was born in 1613. He is also known as Khushal Baba. He was an Afghan or Pashtun warrior-poet, chief, and freedom fighter from the Khattak tribe of the Pashtuns. Khushal was the first Afghan mentor who presents his theories for the unity of the Pashtun tribes against foreign forces. Khushal wrote many works in Pashto but also a few in Persian. Khushal is considered the "father of Pashto literature" and the national poet of Afghanistan.

Khushal's life was spent in struggling against the Mughal Empire who had imbalanced relations with the Pashtuns. In order to restore their freedom, Khushal challenged powers of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. He was a renowned military fighter who became known as an "Afghan warrior-poet". The stand and fight attitude of Khushal was an important stance in Afghan history. Besides poetry and prose works, Khushal also wrote various translations from Persian and Arabic into Pashto. He died on 25 February 1689.

Urdu Poetry & Shayari of Khushal Khan Khattak. Read Nazams, Ghazals, Sad Poetry, Social Poetry, Sufi Poetry of Khushal Khan Khattak, Nazams, Ghazals, Sad Poetry, Social Poetry, Sufi Poetry and much more. There is 1 book of the poet published on UrduPoint, including Mix Poetry Collection by Khushal Khan Khattak. Read poetry from the books. There are total 5 Urdu Poetry collection of Khushal Khan Khattak published online.