Khushal Khan Khattak: The Great Warrior/Poet of Afghanistan: Selected Poems

KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK THE GREAT WARRIOR/POET OF AFGHANISTAN SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Khushal Khan Khattak (1613-1689) was a Pashtun poet, warrior, and chief of the Khattak tribe. He wrote in Pashtu during the reign of the Mughals and fought the fanatic Aurangzeb and admonished Afghans to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite. He was the father of fifty-seven sons, some of them fine poets and thirty daughters. He is the author of over 200 works in Pashtu a...