List of Pashto-language poets

This is a list of Pashto language poets.

Folkloric

 * Amir Kror Suri

16th century

 * Pir Roshan (1525–1585), poet, warrior, and intellectual

17th and 18th century

 * Khushal Khattak (1613–1689) born in Nowshaar Province, Peshawar, Afghanistan, he was a poet, warrior, and chief.
 * Nazo Tokhi (1651–1717) born at Kandahar, she was a poet and mother of Mirwais Hotak.
 * Rahman Baba (1653–1711) born at Lakkimarwat, poet.
 * Abdul Hamid Baba (?–c.1732) born near Peshawer, he was a poet.
 * Hussain Hotak (?–1738) born at Kandahar, poet, king.
 * Afzal Khan Khattak (?–c.1770) poet, grandson of Khushal Khattak.
 * Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at Kandahar he was a poet, king, founder of Afghanistan.
 * Hafiz Alpuri (?–c. 1810), sufi poet from Shangla District.
 * Rahat Zakheli (1884-1963) born at Nowshera, Pakistan. He is the first Pashto novelist and first short story writer, who was also a poet.

A

 * Khatir Afridi
 * Abaseen Yousafzai
 * Alif Jana Khattaka

D

 * Rahmatullah Dard
 * Tahir Dawar

F

 * Farigh Bukhari

J

 * Abdul Bari Jahani

K

 * Pir Mohammad Karwan
 * Hafizullah Khaled
 * Ghani Khan
 * Ajmal Khattak
 * Pareshan Khattak

L

 * Sulaiman Layeq
 * Arman Loni
 * Wranga Loni

M

 * Qalandar Momand
 * Abdul Ali Mustaghni
 * Matiullah Turab

P

 * Pir Gohar

R

 * Riaz Tasneem

S

 * Rahmat Shah Sail
 * Amanullah Sailaab Sapi
 * Hamza Shinwari
 * Kabir Stori
 * Salma Shaheen
 * Sahib Shah Sabir
 * Saadullah Jan Barq

T

 * Sherzaman Taizi

Z

 * Mohammad Hashem Zamani
 * Ezatullah Zawab