1550 Bayazid Roshan (Pashtun intellectual) revolts against the power of the Mughul government. Bayazid writes the first official Pashtun book. 1579 Roshan was killed in a battle with the Mughuls but his struggle for independence continued. 1613 Khushal Khan Khattak (A great Pashtun warrior and legendary poet) is born. Promoting Afghan/Pashtun nationalism through poetry. He later admonished Pashtuns to forsake their divisive tendencies and unite under one nation against the Mughal Emperor Aurenzeb. He was a renowned military fighter who became known as the “Afghan Warrior Poet”. 1650 Abdur Rahman Baba- One the most renowned and greatest Pashtun poet is born. Rahman lived peacefully in the area, and never mentions his involvement in the fierce intertribal conflicts of his day. “As you sow roses to make gardens beautiful, at the same time you create more thorns to prick you” (Rahman Baba) 1667 Yusufzai Pashtuns ascert themselves in the Hindu Kush Mountains after slaughtering Mughals of the area. 1672 Soldiers under the orders of the Mughal Governor Amir Khan attempted to molest women of the Pashtun Safi tribe in what is now Kunar. The Safi tribes attacked the Mughal soldiers. This attack provoked a reprisal, which triggered and united all the Pashtun warrior tribes. Attempting to reassert his authority, the Emperor sent a large Mughal army of 30,000 men to the Khyber Pass. There, the 30,000 strong army was surrounded by Pashtun tribesmen and annihilated. With only four men, including the Governor managing to escape. After that, the revolt spread, with the Mughals suffering a total collapse of their authority along the Pashtun belt. Khushal Khan Khattak died on February 25, 1689, in Dambara. His grave carries the inscription: “Da Afghan Pa Nang Me Watarla Tura, Nanagyalai Da Zamana Khushal Khattak Yam” “I have taken up the sword to defend the pride of the Afghan; I am Khushal Khattak, the honorable man of the age.
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