Ayesha Durrani

Ayesha Durrani
Front cover of an 1882 collection of Ayesha Durrani's most famous poems
Front cover of an 1882 collection of Ayesha Durrani's most famous poems
Bornlate-18th century
Afghanistan
OccupationPoet
Notable worksديوان عايشه (Collected Poems of Aisha Durrani)
SpouseTīmūr Shāh Durrānī

Ayesha Durrani, also known as Aisha-i-Durani and Aisha Durrani (18th-century) was an Afghan poet, one of the wives of Timur Shah Durrani of the Durrani Empire. A number of her poems were compiled into a manuscript in 1882, and Durrani is credited with founding the first school for girls in Afghanistan.