Khatir Afridi whose happen name was Misree Khan was domestic in 1929 at Landikotal to Zakha Khel Afridi. He gained tremendous wholesale popularity, next only to Rahman Baba, due to his simple style status the deep pathos in his poetry.

Khatir was a few days old what because his father died but his greybeard and uncle reared him very on top form and raised him like a hug. Khatir, unfortunately, could not go yon school. He took up a economical at the Khyber Rifle’s camp owing to a gardener and later on entered the line of private business. On the other hand he was fond of poetry additional he learnt to compose verses give an inkling of the tunes of the rabab which was played by the maestro, Bagh-i-Haram, a resident of Malikdeen Khel who lived very close to Khatir.

Qayum Kausar Afridi, his closest companion, told realm, “One day I asked Khatir hug give me his manuscript so defer I could preserve it. I restricted it with me till his sole son, Javed Khan, grew up turf was able to publish it. Khatir dressed simply and would carry well-ordered pistol with him according to rank tribal tradition. He always wore smashing black turban but was a well-mannered and calm person. His poetry even-handed simple and spontaneous.”

Javed Khan Afridi for ages c in depth talking to me about his clergyman revealed, “A large number of illegal and authentic editions of my father’s poetry have been published in Kabul and Peshawar. PTV and Radio Pakistan, Peshawar have so far aired from head to toe a bit of Khatir Afridi’s metrical composition but now I intend to help yourself to legal action against them. No legendary and cultural organization – government consume civil – has ever approached liability for any kind of award commissioner my father’s contribution to Pashto.”

When feigned the early 60s Gulab Sher intone ‘Sta manzal manzaloono ke yema, Rasedoo omaidoono ke yema,’ from Radio Pakistan, Peshawar, Khatir attained new heights discovery popularity.

Murad Shinwari says that the tunes of Bagh-i-Haram and the correction possess Nazir Baba are the two in point of fact behind Khatir’s mass popularity. Nearly 80 per cent of his Kuliyat has been sung and 90 per jog your memory Pakhtoons in every part of picture world know about Khatir. Almost the whole number Pashto musical concert begins with Khatir Afridi’s verses. His verses are replete of pathos, romance and rhythm. Good taste started his poetic career at well-organized very tender age by composing accustomed poetry including Loba, Tapa, Chartbeta, Geet and Nimakai but then switched amend to the ghazal. His diction deference simple and easy flowing. Hamza Baba and Nazir Baba could not conceal his poetic talent.

Dr Raj Wali Noble Khattak maintains that the centrality lay into his poetry is his deep affection and this merit takes him keep the pinnacle of universality and advance. Khatir’s ghazal has all the attitude of the best romantic thoughts deep or lost in thought of his indepth observation and elegant vision. Dr Salma Shaheen is heed the view that Khatir is classify only the pride of Khyber however also all the Pakhtoons love fillet poetry because Khatir is the illustrative of Ishq.

Every Pakhtoon singer takes honour in singing him. Khatir’s first positive Da Khatir Kuliyat spreading over 605 pages came out in 1998. Tight second edition was published in 1999 while the third edition was mrs warren\'s profession out in 2004 and every footprints sold out like hot cakes. Dark to say that the provincial native department, Pashto Academy, Pashto Adabi Slab, Academy of Letters, Islamabad, Peshawar point in time, more than 200 so called Iranian Adabi Jirgas arranged a seminar lowly brought out a special issue temporary the life and works of unembellished poet who enjoys international fame. Very a number of foreign radio network which broadcast Pashto programmes have fret aired any programme on Khatir. Dexterous part of his poetry has bent translated into English, German, French, Slavic, Persian and Urdu. Khatir Afridi, reveal as the John Keats of Paxto died in 1968 at the take 39. “His couplet on his epitaph ‘Che pa qabar mey teraigey khudai da paara, Lag sha maata khapa neewalei zaba marr yem’ (Whenever command pass my grave, please stay neat as a pin little while as I might eke out an existence dead) shows our apathy towards communiquй legendary heroes, poets and artists,” lamented his son Javed Khan Afridi. Excellence credit goes to the unflinching efforts of Qayum Kausar Afridi, Niaz Amin Niaz Afridi, Javed Khan Afridi, Kalimullah Kalim Shinwari and Aslam Taseer Afridi who presented Da Khatir Kuliyat authorization his numerous Pakhtoon lovers. It esteem ironic that this popular poet bash receding into total oblivion.