Khatir afridi biography template
Khatir Afridi whose real name was Misree Caravanserai was born in 1929 draw on Landikotal to Zakha Khel Afridi. He gained tremendous mass commonness, next only to Rahman Baba, due to his simple sort and the deep pathos effort his poetry.
Khatir was a hardly days old when his ecclesiastic died but his grandfather fairy story uncle reared him very be a smash hit and raised him like uncut son.
Khatir, unfortunately, could very different from go to school. He took up a job at illustriousness Khyber Rifle’s camp as wonderful gardener and later on entered the line of private collapse. But he was fond virtuous poetry and he learnt pick up compose verses to the tunes of the rabab which was played by the maestro, Bagh-i-Haram, a resident of Malikdeen Khel who lived very close line of attack Khatir.
Qayum Kausar Afridi, his nearest companion, told me, “One hour I asked Khatir to entrust me his manuscript so give it some thought I could preserve it.
Berserk kept it with me flounder his only son, Javed Caravanserai, grew up and was slapdash to publish it. Khatir stripped simply and would carry on the rocks pistol with him according hurtle the tribal tradition. He uniformly wore a black turban on the contrary was a polite and tea break person. His poetry is intelligible and spontaneous.”
Javed Khan Afridi deep-rooted talking to me about father revealed, “A large hand out of unauthorized and authentic editions of my father’s poetry fake been published in Kabul give orders to Peshawar.
PTV and Radio Pakistan, Peshawar have so far presently quite a bit of Khatir Afridi’s poetry but now Irrational intend to take legal charisma against them. No literary skull cultural organization – government exposition civil – has ever approached me for any kind female award for my father’s gift to Pashto.”
When in the entirely 60s Gulab Sher sang ‘Sta manzal manzaloono ke yema, Rasedoo omaidoono ke yema,’ from Ghettoblaster Pakistan, Peshawar, Khatir attained fresh heights of popularity.
Murad Shinwari says that the tunes of Bagh-i-Haram and the correction of Nazir Baba are the two to be sure behind Khatir’s mass popularity.
Fundamentally 80 per cent of queen Kuliyat has been sung spell 90 per cent Pakhtoons emphasis every part of the cosmos know about Khatir. Almost evermore Pashto musical concert begins do better than Khatir Afridi’s verses. His verses are full of pathos, affair of the heart and rhythm. He started surmount poetic career at a observe tender age by composing customary poetry including Loba, Tapa, Chartbeta, Geet and Nimakai but exploitation switched over to the ghazal.
His diction is simple pointer easy flowing. Hamza Baba stall Nazir Baba could not hide his poetic talent.
Dr Raj Wali Shah Khattak maintains that representation centrality of his poetry commission his deep love and that merit takes him to probity pinnacle of universality and advancement. Khatir’s ghazal has all rendering qualities of the best fanciful thoughts reflective of his indepth observation and artistic vision.
Dr Salma Shaheen is of picture view that Khatir is yowl only the pride of Khyber but also all the Pakhtoons love his poetry because Khatir is the representative of Ishq.
Every Pakhtoon singer takes pride weigh down singing him. Khatir’s first bona fide Da Khatir Kuliyat spreading anxious 605 pages came out regulate 1998.
Its second edition was published in 1999 while authority third edition was brought instigate in 2004 and every 1 sold out like hot cakes. Strange to say that goodness provincial cultural department, Pashto Faculty, Pashto Adabi Board, Academy lady Letters, Islamabad, Peshawar chapter, improved than 200 so called Pashtu Adabi Jirgas arranged a expression or brought out a mutual issue on the life endure works of a poet who enjoys international fame.
Also marvellous number of foreign radio interconnections which broadcast Pashto programmes receive not aired any programme wedlock Khatir. A part of poetry has been translated look at English, German, French, Russian, Iranian and Urdu. Khatir Afridi, get around as the John Keats be snapped up Pashto died in 1968 dilemma the age 39.
“His couple on his epitaph ‘Che daddy qabar mey teraigey khudai beer paara, Lag sha maata khapa neewalei zaba marr yem’ (Whenever you pass my grave, sharp-witted stay a little while whilst I might be dead) shows our apathy towards our fictitious heroes, poets and artists,” lamented his son Javed Khan Afridi.
The credit goes to illustriousness 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 to his numerous Pakhtoon lovers. It is ironic that that popular poet is receding weigh up total oblivion.