ISLAMABAD: The 27th death anniversary of renowned Pashto poet Khushal Khan Khattak was observed with paying tributes for his contribution as scholar by all elecronic and radio channels on Thursday .
The renowned Pashto poet was a scholar, thinker, philosopher and poet.
He was a scholar, thinker, philosopher and poet.
Khushal Khan Khattak was considered the father of Pashto literature.
He did many works in Pashto but also a few in Persian.
Besides poetry and prose works, Khushal Khan Khattak also wrote various translations from Persian and Arabic into Pashto.
Khushal Khan's poetry consists of more than 45,000 poems.
According to some historians, the number of books written by Khattak were more than 200.
His famous books are Baz-nama, Swat-nama, Fazl-nama, Tibb-nama, and Firaq-nama.
Khushal Khan Khattak died on February 25, 1689.
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