Khudai Khidmatgar

Khudai Khidmatgar literally translates as the servants of God. It represented a non-violent freedom struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns of the North West Frontier Province(Pukhtunistan). The movement was led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan/Badshah Khan).Conditions prior to the movementAt the turn of the last century Pakhtuns ociety was colonized, stagnant, and violent,worn down by feuds, inequalities, factionalism, poor social cooperation, andplain ignorance. Education opportunities were strictly limited. Pukhtuns are Muslim; Mullahs were known to have told parents that if their...

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GHANI KHAN(DUA)

سترګو د جانان کې زما ښکلي جهانونه دي وادېخله دنيا زه وږی ستا د دنيا نه يم ګوره د فقير کچکول کې تاج د سکندر پروت دی زه يم د سخيانو د شومانو ګدا نه يم زه يې په غرور درنه د مينې په نوم غواړمه زه ملنګ بې نيازه ستا د وير واويلا نه يم يو د سپوږمۍ څاڅکی درنه ټيک له د جانان غواړم زه يم د خوبونو د لعلونو ګدا نه يم هغه مستي غواړم چې يې مرګ نشي وژلی زه دې د غمونو د بېګا او سبا نه يم تشه دنياګۍ که دې بښې نو ای اميره! ستا شوه ستا دنيا زه وږی ستا د دنيا نه...

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Muhammad Zai

دا قوم د هشتنګر په تپه کښ اوسږېږي چه دا اته کلي په کښې دي. تنګي، شير پاؤ، عمر زي، ترنګزي، اتمانزي، رزړ، چارسده، پړانګ. دا علاقه د سوات په سيند اوبېږي ځکه ئې ټوله زمکه څربه او زوروره ده. او خلق ئې اسوده او خوشحال دي. په تيره تيره ئې خانان چه په ټوله صوبه کښ د هر چا نه لوئ او مالدار زميندار دي. او د هغو عزيزانو او اقرباؤ اعلي اعلي تعليمونه کړي دي او په سول او پولس او فوځ کښ لوئ لوئ عهدې لري او د لوئ عزت خاوندان دي. د سرخ پوشو مرکز هم په دې تپه کښ دې. او دلته يو ازاد سکول هم شته. د سول نافرمانې په دوران کښ د دې ځائ خلقو ډير کار کړې دي. که ريښتيا مې پوښتې نو دا خوشحالي او بيغمي او لياقت او تعليم او دا د ازادي خيال د سرکار د امن په برکت د دوئ نصيب شوې دي. ځکه د درانو او سکهانو په حکومت کښ په دې خلقو داسې داسې ظلمونه شوي دي چه تر اوس پورې ئې سپين ږيري مشران خبې کوي او چه بنده ئې واوري نو وجود ئې...

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MALANG JAN

دا زمونږ زيبا وطن دا زمونږ ليلا وطن دا وطن مو ځان دی دا پښتونستان دی دا دمينې کور زمونږ دا د پلرو ګور زمونږ نه ورکوؤ چا لره دا د سترګو تور زمونږ نه دی د بل چا وطن دا دی د شيرشاه وطن کور د خوشحال خان دی دا پښتونستان دی دا وطن دی ځان زمونږ دا وطن ايمان زمونږ وايي په خاپوړو کېداسې ماشومان زمونږ دا مو د بابا وطن دا مو د دادا وطن په مونږ باندې ډير ګران دی دا پښتونستان دی ځار يې له سيندونو شم ځار يې له ډاګونو شم ځار يې له خوړونو شم ځار يې له دی غرونو شم دا زمونږ اشنا وطن درد له مو شفاء وطن ...

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LOVE OF INDEPENDENCE

One of the outstanding characteristics of the Pukhtoons, as gleaned from their record, is their passionate love for freedom and violent opposition to any infringement of their liberty. They have preserved their liberty by the force of arms despite heavy odds. Inspite of their ignorance of military science, modern techniques of warfare, lack of sophisticated weapons and material resources, they held their own against every invader, including the British who were one of the most powerful empire builders of their time. Though at times Pukhtoons were temporarily subdued, they could never be held in permanent subjugation or tied in the shackles of bondage. They offered staunch resistance to any one who ventured to encroach upon their liberty and refused to submit tamely to the position of the vanquished....

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PICTURE ALBUM 2

faridone khan painting made by ghani khanpainting made by ghani khan bacha khan with ghandighani khan roomghani grand...

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REHMAN BABA

One of the great religious scholar of Swat (A city in current Pakistan), Swat Sahib, said: "If any other then, the book of God, was permissible for prayer, I would have defiantly chosen Rahman's book." At the dawn of seventeenth century, at the age of invasions from the West by Persians and East by Moghols, a the time when Afghans were in the mist of war in every corner of the nation, a the time when education was the last thing in peoples' mind, a legend was born. In the high hills of the Afghan nation, in the provincial area of Mohmand, a child was born, by...

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HAMZA BABA POETRY

Why my love's face wrinkles in smile in the mirror, Her loveliness increases and excels tremendously. Since the inducement of her face is similar to spring, The amazement of the mirror changed into a garden. The devout seem sorrow stricken externally, But he doesn't have any sorrow in the heart. The human beings have to face some constrains, On the way of their free will. You can see glimpses of the beauty in my amazement, You don't need to have a mirror. Is it the effect of cosmetics or thy own youth, Which radiates...

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Hamza Shinwari

Amir Hamza Shinwari, the legendry poet, scrip writer, dramatist, and a saint, is commonly known as 'Baba-e-Ghazal' (the father of Pakhto Ghazal). Hamza Baba himself testified the fact in a couplet, that: The crimson of color in your cheeks, Is the color of the blood of Hamza. You came of age, Pashto Ghazal, But turned me into an old Baba Hamza Baba, son of the rugged mountains of the...

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PICTURE ALBUM 1

ghani khanwife of ghani khanmade by ghani khanmade by ghani khan bacha khanghani k...

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HISTORY OF PUKHTOON

The theory that the Pashtun or "ethnic Afghans" are descended from the ancient Israelites—more precisely, from the perspective of Jewish history the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel— has a longstanding basis as a tradition among the Pashtun themselves, was widely accepted by 19th century British scholars, and has been accepted by some reasonably recent and prominent individuals such as Itzhak Ben-Zvi, second President of Israel. However, contemporary anthropologists continue to debate this, putting forth an eastern Iranian people relation to the other peoples of the Iranian plateau based upon strong genetic and linguistic evidence, in addition to other possibilities such as admixture with invaders and groups that migrated to the region now inhabited by the Pashtu...

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Kalabagh Dam (KBD)

For the past so many years of its planning and designing, the objectives and goals of Kalabagh Dam (KBD) have been shrouded in secrecy, and the Federal Government’s blind following of the project, against the wishes of the three provinces of the federation, has made it the most controversial issue of national integrity. The project is being pleaded as a turning point in the direction of national development, whereas the provinces see it as step towards the diversion of common resources towards the development of one province (Punjab), leaving all the rest to the possible negative impacts perceived from the project. The matter becomes more complex in the present state of better possible alternatives, having greater development potentials and lesser negative impacts on any of the federating...

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Ghani khan poetry(baba ta)

بـــابـــا ته ستا خطونه ټول زما سر ته پراته ديزه يې لولم هره شپه دوباره دوباره کله خاندم کله ژاړم لېونی يمای زما په بند کې پروت غريبه پلاره نه، ته نه يې غريب ته ډېر لوی اوچت يېمصيبت دی ستا غيرت ته غيرت داره چې په تا کې کوم ګوهر دی ماکې نشتهستا نيکي زما بدي دواړه بې شماره ته سالار يې د کاروان په نېغه لار ځېزه کوږ زغلم لکه او ښه بې مهاره ستا د زړه فواردې ډکې دي د مينېزما زړه وچ کوهي نه لري يو داره پروا نشته که په منډه منډه مړ شمفقط ستا او د خپل قام د نوم لپ...

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GHANI KHAN (GHAM)

په غمونو کې خندا کړه په خندا کې غم هېر نکړې او د ډېرو په خندا کې چې قيمت د کم هېر نکړې د وصال په لمغړو کې د فــــراق ستم هېر نکړې دا چې ته يې سترګو ته خاندې ددې سترګو غم هېر نکړې د الله الله پـــــه شــــــور کــــې چــــې صنم صنم هېـر نکـــړې...

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ځـــــــــوانه GHANI KHAN

وران دی ګلستان دې ای بلبله ! د پښتون د باغنوم د رقيب ليک دی په هر بوټي د مجنون د باغ خوار او زار بچي دې بې هنره بې کماله ديغوږ يې دي کاڼه لاسونه شل سترګې بې پرکاله دي لال ډوب دی ايرو کې او مرجان پروت دی په خاورو کېزوی د شهباز ګرځي چمړۍ خوري په سيل د واورو کې پاڅه ای ځلميه ! مستي توره او ايمان واخلهشړق شه، اور شه، تندر شه او نر شه خپل جانان واخله توره دې راواخله ننګ پښتو او اسلام پورته کړهله خپلو مستو سترګو دې نامه د غلام پورته کړه پاڅه ننګياليه ! نن دلبر او جانان وګټهنوم د پښتون وګټه ناموس د افغان وګټه ټول جهان حيران کړه د خپل ځان په تماشاای د احمد ځويه او بچيه د شېر...

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Ghani Khan Interview

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan(eldest son of Khan Abdul Ghuffar Khan, aka Bacha Khan) was one of the finest Pushto poets of this century. He was born in 1915 and died in year of 1996. He led the Pathans in what is today Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in the struggle against British colonialism from the 1920's until 1947. The excerpts below are from a two hour interview of Ghani Khan at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, NWFP. Ghani Khan had recently been shown on Pakistani television for the first time. He was about to be discharged after a minor ailment. Question: Where did you grow up? Answer (Ghani Khan): I was born 1913, 14 or 15. [I went to school] here in Utmanzai, this little, wretched village. Father had made a school here [around 1928]. A Khan [landlord] had given his...

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