Khatir Afridi
Pashtun poet
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Khatir Afridi (Pashto: خاطر آفریدی) (1929 – August 24, 1968) was born as Meesri Khan (Pashto: مصری خان) in Landi Kotal District Khyber in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was a Pashto language poet from Pakistan.
Life
He was born in the Zakha Khel tribe in Saddu Khel village of Khyber agency.[citation needed] He was a gardener by profession at a nearby high school (now a F.C. fort). He never went to school for formal education.[citation needed] He was a close friend of Ashna.
His grave is located in the Saddu Khel graveyard, which has a small temple and a poem written on his grave: "Che pa qabar may tery gy Hudy da para : Lag sha mata hapa newaly za ba mar yam"
He wrote songs that became popular in Pakistan and Afghanistan.[citation needed] He joined a poetry society where he got guidance from Hamza Shinwari and Nazir Shinwari.[citation needed] He had Tuberculosis for ten years and died at the age of 39, leaving behind a son who compiled his father's work into a volume with help from his cousin.[1][2][3]
