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Ahmad Shah first settled the dispute of leadership, asserting himself as the leader of Durrani tribesmen by forcing the former leader to step down. Ahmad Shah also killed 'Abd al-Ghani Khan, his uncle and the governor of Kandahar to secure complete power over the Durrani regiments. With the dispute over leadership concluded, Ahmad Shah's forces ...
Ahmad Shah Gujjar (c. 16th century – 17th century), commonly known as Ahmad Gujjar, was a 16th and 17th-centuries Punjabi Muslim poet, during the regime of the Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah. He was the first Punjabi-Muslim writer to create a poetic version of the famous Hir-Ranjha story.
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 printed in 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is a joint initiative by individual donors in Pakistan and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Afghanistan.
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.
Ahmad Faraz; Ahmad Mallah; Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi; Ahmad Ali; Ajmal Khattak; Akhtar Raza Saleemi; Alamgir Hashmi; Ali Akbar Natiq; Ali Baba Taj; Ali Gul Sangi; Ali Moeen; Allama Iqbal; Ameer Hamza Shinwari; Amin Faheem; Amjad Islam Amjad; Anis Nagi; Anwar Masood; Ashfaq Hussain; Aslam Farrukhi; Ata Turab; Ahmad Rahi; Agha Hashar Kashmiri
Ahmad Shah retired to his home in the mountains east of Kandahar, where he died on 14 April 1773. [15] He had succeeded to a remarkable degree in balancing tribal alliances and hostilities, and in directing tribal energies away from rebellion. He earned recognition as Ahmad Shah Baba, or "Father of Afghanistan." [4] [16]
Rahman Baba (c. 1632 - c. 1706), one of the greatest Pashto poets of all time, whose works are as important to the Pashtun as William Shakespeare is to the English; his works are spiritual. [ 14 ] Khan Abdul Ghani Khan , (c. 1914-1996), Pashtun philosopher and Pashto language poet, artist (painter and sculptor), writer and Pashtun nationalist ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is fondly known as Ahmad Shah Baba, ruled the Durrani Empire from Kandahar between 1747 and 1772. The graceful octagonal monument stands on a basaltic platform, the plain beige brick exterior decorated with numerous niches of contrasting heights and depths, delicately outlined with yellow and green, green and blue, tile.