Abdul Ghani Khan

Abdul Ghani Khan
عبدالغني خان

Khan in the 1940s
Khan in the 1940s
Bornc. 1914
Hashtnagar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
(present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died15 March 1996(1996-03-15) (aged 81–82)
Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
(present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Pen name
  • غني (lit.'Ghani')
Citizenship
Notable work
  • Da Panjre Chaghar
  • Panoos
  • The Pathans
  • Da Ghani Latoon
  • Kuliat-e-Ghani[citation needed]
Notable awardsSitara-i-Imtiaz (1980)
ParentsAbdul Ghaffar Khan (father)
Relatives

Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (Pashto: خان عبدالغني خان; c. 1914 – 15 March 1996) was a Pashtun Pashto language philosopher, poet, artist, writer and politician. He was a son of Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a prominent British Raj-era independence activist. Throughout his life as a poet in both British India and Pakistan, Khan was known by the titles Lewanay Pālsapay (لېونی فلسفي, 'Mad Philosopher') and Da īlam Samander (د علم سمندر, 'Ocean of Knowledge').[citation needed]