Khan Abdul Ghani Khan Ghani Khan a Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist, writer and Pashtun nationalist politician of the 20th century.

1. GHANI KHAN
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2. Khan Abdul Ghani Khan was born on 15 March 1914
in Hashtnagar, British India, the modern-day village
of Utmanzai in Charsadda District, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
He was a son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan the Red-
Shirt (Khudai Khidmatgar "servants of God" was
a Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement against
the British Raj in the North-West Frontier Province )
Leader, and older brother of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.
He was a Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet,
painter, sculptor, writer and Pashtun
nationalist politician of the 20th century.

3. He went to study at the art academy at Rabindranath Tagore's university
and developed a liking for painting and sculpture.
He studied sugar technology in the United States, after which he returned to
India and started working in the Takht Bhai Sugar Mills in 1933.
He supported the cause of the Pashtuns of British India. He was arrested by the
Government of Pakistan in 1948 – although he had given up politics by then –
and remained in prison till 1954, in various jails all over the country. It was
during these years that he wrote his poem collection Da Panjray Chaghaar,
which he considered the best work of his life.
His contribution to literature was recognised near the end of his life, when his
works did receive much praise. For his contributions to Pashto literature and
painting, the President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, conferred
on him the prestigious award of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (23 March 1980).

4. In December 1934 he at Bombay met and
straightaway fell in love with Roshan a Parsi lady
the youngest daughter of Nawab Rustum Jang
Faridoonji, of Hyderabad, Deccan. After six years
of courtship they got married on 24th November,
1939.
ROSHAN was well-educated lady of great
beauty, culture and sophistication, and was very
supportive of Ghani's artistic inclinations. She bore
him two daughters, Shandana and Zareen and a
son, Faridoon.

5. THEME OF HIS WORKS
Aside from a few poems of
his youth and early manhood,
Ghani Khan's poetry, like his
temperament, is anti-
political. The singular
distinction of his poetry –
aside from his obvious poetic
genius – is a profound blend
of knowledge about his native
and foreign cultures, and
the psychological, sensual,
and religious aspects of life.
HIS WORKS
His poem collections
include Panoos, Palwashay, De
Panjray Chaghar,
Kullyat and Latoon. His English
book was The Pathans (1947). His
Urdu book was Khan Sahib (1994).
A translation (Pashto to English) of
selected 141 poems of Ghani Khan,
called The Pilgrim of Beauty, has
been authored by Imtiaz Ahmad
Sahibzada, a friend and admirer of
the poet.the book was launched in
Pakistan in 2015 and in Afghanistan
in 2016.

6. Masterstrokes Of Ghani Khan

7. POEMS FROM
THE PILGRIM OF BEAUTY

15. "I want to see my people
educated and enlightened. A people
with a vision and a strong sense of
justice, who can carve out a future
for themselves in harmony with
nature.“
---GHANI

16. REFERENCES
• "Ghani Khan – the poet of beautiful contradictions". The Express Tribune, 6 January 2014.
Retrieved 12 April 2020.
• Rafay Mahmood (20 April 2011) Ghani Khan: The rhythms of hope Express tribune. Retrieved 12
April 2020
• Ghani Khan's Twenty-one poems in Pashto and English translated by Taimur Khan
• "20th death anniversary of iconic Pashto poet Ghani Khan observed". Archived from the
original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2020
• Mohammad Arif Khattak: Ghani Khan – A Poet of Social Reality, ISBN 978-3-639-32391-7
• The Masterstrokes Of Ghani Khan. https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/the-paintings-of-ghani-
khan/26893568.html. Retrieved 12 April 2020