Nazo Tokhi

Nazo Tokhi
Born1651
Kandahar, Safavid Iran
Died1717 (aged 65–66), Hotak Empire
Kandahar
Other namesNāzo Anā, Nāzo Nyā
Known forPoetry, Afghan unity, bravery
SpouseSalim Khan Hotak
ChildrenMirwais Hotak

Nāzo Tokhī (نازو توخۍ), commonly known as Nāzo Anā (Pashto: نازو انا, "Nazo the grandmother"), was an Afghan poet and writer in the Pashto language.[1] Mother of the famous early-18th century Afghan king Mirwais Hotak, she grew up in an influential family in the Kandahar region.[2] She is remembered as a brave woman warrior in Afghan history and as the "Mother of the Afghan Nation".[3][4]

  1. ^ Anjuman-i Tārīkh-i Afghānistān (1967). Afghanistan, Volumes 20-22. Historical Society of Afghanistan. p. 53. ISBN 0-7787-9335-4. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  2. ^ "Mirwais Neeka". www.beepworld.de. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Tribal Law of Pashtunwali and Women's Legislative Authority" (PDF). Harvard University. 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  4. ^ Hōtak, Muḥammad; ʻAbd al-Ḥayy Ḥabībī; Khushal Habibi (1997). Pat̲a k̲h̲azana. United States: University Press of America. p. 30. ISBN 9780761802655. Retrieved 2010-09-27.