The 324th death anniversary of popular Pashto poet Khushal Khan Khattak will be observed on Monday (February 25)
Born in Akora Khattak of Nowshera district‚ Khushal Khan’s ancestors had migrated from Teri in Karak. Khushal Khan Khattak was a scholar‚ thinker‚ philosopher and poet.
Khushal Khan’s poetry consists of more than 45‚000 poems. According to some historians‚ the number of books written by Khattak are more than 200. His famous books are Baz-nama‚ ‚ Swat-nama‚ Fazl-nama‚ Tibb-nama‚ and Firaq-nama.