Khan Ghazi Kabuli
Khan Ghazi Kabuli | |
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 Undated and unconfirmed photo of Kabuli | |
| Born | c. 1885 or c. 1900 Dragi village, Khost, Afghanistan |
| Died | 2 February 1988 India |
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| Language | Urdu |
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| Notable works | Tahreek-e-Khudai Khidmatgar |
Habibur Rahman[a] (c. 1885 or c. 1900 – 2 February 1988) commonly known by the pen name Khan Ghazi Kabuli,[b] was an Afghan Urdu poet, journalist and writer based in Delhi, British India.[1] He was one of the activists of the Indian independence movement and a member of the Khudai Khidmatgars.[2]
Biography
Habibur Rahman was born in c. 1885[3] or c. 1900 in the Dragi village in Khost Province, Afghanistan to an ethnic Pashtun family.[4] His father Malik Abdur Rahim emigrated from Afghanistan around 1914.[4][5]
Kabuli was one of the main Pashtun figures against the British and has been reported to have been a member of the Indian National Congress.[6] He also served as president of the Azad Pakhtoon Jirga-i Hind,[7] and took part in the Quit India movement against the British Raj.[5] Kabuli wrote several poems in praise of anti-British Indian nationalist figures.[8]
Kabul died on 2 February 1988.[9]
Books
- Jai Hind
- Khuroosh-e-Ishq
- Tahreek-e-Khudai Khidmatgar
- Tahreek-e-Pakhtunistan
Notes
References
- ^ "All writings of Ghazi Kabuli". Rekhta. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ Fikrī, Sayyid Ibrāhīm (1996). هندوستانى مسلمانوں كا جنگ آزادى ميں حصه (in Urdu). سيد ابراهيم ۓكرى.
- ^ عالمى اردو ادب (in Urdu). Pablisharz ainḍ Aiḍvarṭāʼizarz. 1989.
- ^ a b بىيويں صدى کے شعراى دہلى: شعراى متقدمين، 1901 تا 1950 و شعراى متأخرين و معاصرين، 1951-2000، از الف تا زائے (in Urdu). اردو اكادمى،. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7121-136-4.
- ^ a b Chopra, Prabha (1974). Who's who of Delhi Freedom Fighters. Gazetteer Unit, Delhi Administration.
- ^ صوفى, ايم اے (1998). پختون خوا كيوں: پختون، غير پختون تنازعه كا دوسرا رخ (in Urdu). Azad Enterprises.
- ^ Kaur, Kulwant (1985). Pak-Afghanistan Relations. Deep & Deep Publications.
- ^ ʻAqīl, Muʻīnuddīn (1976). Taḥrīk-i āzādī men̲ Urdū kā ḥiṣṣah: Ishāʾat 1 (in Urdu). Anjuman-i taraqqī-yi Urdu.
- ^ Kitāb numā (in Urdu). Maktabah-yi Jāmiʻah. 1988.