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Khushal Khattak

1613 - 1689

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Khushal Khan Khattak (Pashto: خوشال خان خټک; Persian: خوشحال‌خان ختک; 1613 – 20 February 1689), also known as Khushal Baba (Pashto: خوشال بابا), was a 17th-century Afghan Pashtun poet, chief, and warrior. Khushal Khan served the Mughal Empire protecting them from Pashtun warriors over most of his lifespan. After being expelled from his tribal chiefdom and replaced with his son by his Mughal superiors, Khushal Khan turned against the Mughals. Afterwards, Khushal preached the union of all Pashtuns, and encouraged revolt against the Mughal Empire, promoting Pashtun nationalism in the last years of his life through poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khushal Khattak is the 1,211th most popular writer (up from 1,902nd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among writers, Khushal Khattak ranks 1,211 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Długosz, Richard Matheson, Rex Stout, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Diana Mosley, and Irwin Shaw. After him are Noah Gordon, Ahmed Deedat, Shi Nai'an, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Matteo Bandello, and Tahar Ben Jelloun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Khushal Khattak ranks 5. Before him are François de La Rochefoucauld, André Le Nôtre, Gerrit Dou, and Claude Perrault. After him are Luisa de Guzmán, John George II, Elector of Saxony, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Mattia Preti, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, and Bartholomeus van der Helst. Among people deceased in 1689, Khushal Khattak ranks 5. Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Pope Innocent XI, Marie Louise d’Orléans, and Sambhaji. After him are Aşub Sultan, Aphra Behn, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pjetër Bogdani, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khushal Khattak ranks 34 out of 217. Before him are Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Kabir Bedi (1946), Ranjit Singh (1780), and Har Gobind Khorana (1922). After him are Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Reginald Dyer (1864), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309), and Imran Khan (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Khushal Khattak ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), and Vasubandhu (400). After him are Amrita Pritam (1919), Krishna Sobti (1925), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Bulleh Shah (1680).

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