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"
• 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
• Ghani Khan
• Qalandar Mohmand
• Abdul bin Kareem Osama Jamal Sheikh
• Ajmal Khattak
• 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
• Layaq Zada Layaq
• Ajmal Aand