WRITER

Khushal Khattak

1613 - 1689

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Khošāl Khān Khaṭak the renowned King of Kings(Pashto: خوشال خان خټک; Urdu, Persian: خوشحال خان خٹک; 1613 – 20 February 1689), also known as Khushal Baba (Pashto: خوشال بابا), was a 17th-century Pashtun poet, chief, and warrior. Khushal Khan served the Mughal Empire protecting them from Pashtun warriors over most of his lifespan. After being expelled from his tribal chiefdom and replaced with his son by his Mughal superiors, Khushal Khan turned against the Mughals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khushal Khattak has received more than 308,087 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Khushal Khattak is the 1,903rd most popular writer (up from 2,129th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 35th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Pakistani Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khushal Khattak ranks 1,903 out of 7,302. Before him are Begum Rokeya, Colin Wilson, Luis de León, José de Espronceda, Voltairine de Cleyre, and Erinna. After him are Joseph Addison, Christopher Robin Milne, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Viktor Barna, Ruan Ji, and György Konrád.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1613, Khushal Khattak ranks 11. Before him are John George II, Elector of Saxony, Mattia Preti, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Jean François Paul de Gondi, and Bartholomeus van der Helst. After him are Luisa de Guzmán, Gaspard Dughet, William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Gu Yanwu, Charles de Saint-Évremond, and Isaac de Benserade. Among people deceased in 1689, Khushal Khattak ranks 7. Before him are Pope Innocent XI, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Marie Louise d’Orléans, Aşub Sultan, Sambhaji, and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria. After him are Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Aphra Behn, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Thomas Sydenham, Pjetër Bogdani, and Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khushal Khattak ranks 29 out of 217. Before him are Manmohan Singh (1932), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Kabir Bedi (1946), Bacha Khan (1890), Arif Alvi (1949), and Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309). After him are Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Pran (1920), Naropa (1016), Dilip Kumar (1922), Khema (-550), and Amrita Pritam (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Khushal Khattak ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), and Vasubandhu (400). After him are Amrita Pritam (1919), Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690).

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