List of Chitrali people
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The following is a list of notable Chitrali people (also known as Kho people),[1][2] an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group[3] native to Chitral, Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Pakistan.[4]
Activists
- Masood ul-Mulk, Pakistani humanitarian and development practitioner
Authors
- Muhammad Ghufran (1857 – 1926), scholar, historiographer and poet
- Muhammad Siyar (1770 – 1840), Khowar-language poet and court chronicler
- Rahima Naz, poet of Urdu and the Khowar languages.
Military
- Burhan-ud-Din (1914 – 1996), a veteran of the Indian National Army
- Mata ul-Mulk (1918 – 2002), known for his role in the First Kashmir War
Performing art and media
- Sana Yousaf (2008 – 2025), Pakistani social media influencer.
- Affaa Clicks (born 1993), Pakistani social media influencer.
Politicians
- Zainul Abideen, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Abdul Akbar Chitrali, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Bibi Fozia, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Saleem Khan, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Shahzada Mohiuddin, provincial minister and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Falak Naz, member of the Senate of Pakistan
- Jafar Ali Shah, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Royalty
- Gohar Aman (1809 – 1860), ruler of Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit
- Aman ul-Mulk (1821 – 1892), the 15th mehtar of Chitral
- Afzal ul-Mulk (1867 – 1892), the 16th mehtar of Chitral
- Sher Afzal (1841 – 1923), the 17th mehtar of Chitral
- Nizam ul-Mulk (1861 – 1895), the 18th mehtar of Chitral
- Amir ul-Mulk (1877 – 1923), the 19th mehtar of Chitral
- Shuja ul-Mulk (1881 – 1936), the 20th mehtar of Chitral
- Nasir ul-Mulk (1887 – 1943), the 21st mehtar of Chitral
- Muzaffar ul-Mulk (1901 – 1949), Mehtar of Chitral who acceeded to Pakistan