List of Pashto language poets
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This is a list of Pashto language poets.
- Amir Karor - The first documented Pushtu poet;
- Bait Neka one of Pushtu's mystical poets, whose poems are in pure Pushtu with no borrowed word of any other language;
- Khushal Khan Khattak - The warrior poet;
- Ahmad Shah Abdali - author of a collection of odes in Pashto
- Rahman Baba - The "nightingale of Peshawar"
- Ameer Hamza Shinwari. He stands on a par with Khushal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba.
- Kabir Stori - a patriot poet
- Ghani Khan
- Ajmal Khattak
- Abdul Hamid Baba
- Daulat Khan Luanrai
- Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari - aka Hamza Baba (Baba-i-Ghazal)
- Rahmat Shah Sail
- Khatir Afridi - often described as "John Keats of Pushtu Language";
- Dr. Deedar Yousupzay- Modern poet of Pushtu from the valley of Swat, Who is a doctor by profession but also write poetry.
- Akhund Darweza
- Muhammad Azam Azam
- Muhammad Siddique Rohi
- Qalandar Mohmand
- Abdul bin Kareem Osama Jamal Sheikh
- Ashraf Maftoon
- Ikramullah Gran
- Malang Jan - aka Muhammad Amin
- Abdul Malik Afridi - aka Abdul Malik Apridai
- Ustad Abdul Lateef Minatbar
- Abd-ur-Rahim Majzoob
- Samandar Khan Samandar
- Shamsul Qamar Andesh
- Tahir Kulachvi
- Dr.Sherzaman Taizi
- Dr. Israr
- Pareshan Khattak
- Ashraf Khan Hijri
- Dr Samiullah Khalid Sahak
- Abdulhadi Hairan
- Ajmal Aand
- Muhmood hashim zamani
- Jahani Saab - Most modern pashto poet. 2007-08
- Bashir Ahmad Gwakh
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