Khushal Khan Khattak

Khushal Khan Khattak (1613 - 1690) was a famous Afghan warrior, poet, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote in Pashtu during the reign of the Mughal (Mongol) emperors in the seventeenth century, and admonished Afghans to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite to regain the strength and glory they once possessed. A renowned fighter who became known as the "Afghan Warrior Poet", he lived in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains. Image File history File links Khattak. ... Image File history File links Khattak. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Poet is a term applied to a person who composes poetry, including extended forms such as dramatic verse. ... The Khattak are a famous tribe of the Pashtun nation, originating from the region currently known as the North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.) of Pakistan. ... Pashto (پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pushto, Pashto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, and Pukhto) is the language spoken by the ethnic Afghan otherwise known as the Pashtun people who inhabit Afghanistan and the Western provinces of Pakistan. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... The Hindu Kush or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ...

Khushhal Khan was born in Akora, the son of Shahbaz Khan, a chief of the Khattak tribe. By appointment of the Moghul emperor, Shah Jehan, Khushhal succeeded his father in 1641, but Aurangzeb, Shah Jehan's successor, kept him a prisoner in the Gwaliar fortress in Delhi. This article or section should be merged with Shah Jahen—preferably maintaining this as the main entry. ... Aurangzeb (from Persian, اورنگزیب meaning befitting the throne),(November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707, also known as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ... Gwalior is an historical place of Madhya Pradesh . ...

After Khushhal was permitted to return to Peshawar, he incited the Pashtuns to rebel. His grave carries the inscription: "I have taken up the sword to defend the pride of the Afghan, I am Khushal Khattak, the honorable man of the age." The Khattak tribe of Khushhal Khan now lives in the areas of Kohat, Karrak, Peshawar, Nowshehra and Mardan in the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The Khattak are a famous tribe of the Pashtun nation, originating from the region currently known as the North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.) of Pakistan. ... Kohat is a town in central North West Frontier Province in Pakistan. ... Peshāwar (پیشاور) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pai-khawar in Pashto. ... Mardan, or Hoti-Mardan, is a town 30 miles north of Peshawar, in northwestern Pakistan. ... The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns (Afghans) and various other groups. ...

Khoshal Khan Khattak belonged to the 'Khel'( clan ) of Akor Khels,named after his great grandfather Malik Akor. This clan became the ruling class of the Khattak tribe. The Akor Khels still hold a prominent postion in the Khattak tribe. Akor Khel is an Afghan tribe founded by Khushal Khan Khattak. ... Akor Khel is an Afghan tribe founded by Khushal Khan Khattak. ... The Khattak are a famous tribe of the Pashtun nation, originating from the region currently known as the North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.) of Pakistan. ...

See also

• Afghan poetry

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External links

• Biography at Afghan Network
• Biography at afghanan.net