# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khushal-khan-khattak
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:25:27.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/khushal-khan-khattak"
name: "Khushal Khan Khattak"
slug: "khushal-khan-khattak"
description: "Khushal Khan Khattak, also known as Khushal Baba, was a 17th-century 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. Much of Khushal's poetry is in Pashto but some is also in Persian. Khushal is considered the \"father of Pashto literature\" and the national poet of Afghanistan."
tagline: "Afghan poet"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Kushal_Khan_Khattak.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1613"
deathDate: "1689-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.28712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump