Khan Ghazi Kabuli

Khan Ghazi Kabuli
Undated and unconfirmed photo of Kabuli
Born
Habibur Rahman

c. 1885 or c. 1900
Dragi village, Khost, Afghanistan
Died2 February 1988
India
Occupations
  • Poet
  • journalist
  • writer
  • activist
Writing career
LanguageUrdu
Genre
Notable workTahreek-e-Khudai Khidmatgar

Habibur Rahman[a] (c. 1885 or c. 1900 – 2 February 1988) commonly known by the pen name Khan Ghazi Kabuli,[b] was an Afghan Urdu poet, journalist and writer based in Delhi, British India.[1] He was one of the activists of the Indian independence movement and a member of the Khudai Khidmatgars.[2]

Biography

Habibur Rahman was born in c. 1885[3] or c. 1900 in the Dragi village in Khost Province, Afghanistan to an ethnic Pashtun family.[4] His father Malik Abdur Rahim emigrated from Afghanistan around 1914.[4][5]

Kabuli was one of the main Pashtun figures against the British and has been reported to have been a member of the Indian National Congress.[6] He also served as president of the Azad Pakhtoon Jirga-i Hind,[7] and took part in the Quit India movement against the British Raj.[5] Kabuli wrote several poems in praise of anti-British Indian nationalist figures.[8]

Kabul died on 2 February 1988.[9]

Books

  • Jai Hind
  • Khuroosh-e-Ishq
  • Tahreek-e-Khudai Khidmatgar
  • Tahreek-e-Pakhtunistan

Notes

  1. ↑ Urdu: حبیب الرحمن
  2. ↑ Urdu: خان غازی کابلی

References

  1. ↑ "All writings of Ghazi Kabuli". Rekhta. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Fikrī, Sayyid Ibrāhīm (1996). هندوستانى مسلمانوں كا جنگ آزادى ميں حصه (in Urdu). سيد ابراهيم ۓكرى.
  3. ↑ عالمى اردو ادب (in Urdu). Pablisharz ainḍ Aiḍvarṭāʼizarz. 1989.
  4. 1 2 بىيويں صدى کے شعراى دہلى: شعراى متقدمين، 1901 تا 1950 و شعراى متأخرين و معاصرين، 1951-2000، از الف تا زائے (in Urdu). اردو اكادمى،. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7121-136-4.
  5. 1 2 Chopra, Prabha (1974). Who's who of Delhi Freedom Fighters. Gazetteer Unit, Delhi Administration.
  6. ↑ صوفى, ايم اے (1998). پختون خوا كيوں: پختون، غير پختون تنازعه كا دوسرا رخ (in Urdu). Azad Enterprises.
  7. ↑ Kaur, Kulwant (1985). Pak-Afghanistan Relations. Deep & Deep Publications.
  8. ↑ ʻAqīl, Muʻīnuddīn (1976). Taḥrīk-i āzādī men̲ Urdū kā ḥiṣṣah: Ishāʾat 1 (in Urdu). Anjuman-i taraqqī-yi Urdu.
  9. ↑ Kitāb numā (in Urdu). Maktabah-yi Jāmiʻah. 1988.