Khalilullah Khalili

Khalilullah Khalili or Ustad Khalilullah Khalili (Persian استاد خلیل الله خلیلی; * 1907 in Kabul, † 1987 in Islamabad ) was a persischsprachiger poet, university professor and diplomat from Afghanistan. His father, Mirza Mohammed Hussein Khan, under the King Habibullah Khan was finance minister. His mother was the daughter of Abdul Qādir Khān, who was then governor of Kohistan.

He lived and attended school in Kabul until he was eleven years old. His father was arrested and expelled from Kabul. He studied classical literature. In the early 1940s, he followed his uncle, who had been elected in Kabul as deputy prime minister. His stay in Kabul did not take long. 1945 rebelled Safis from Kohistan, managed at that time Kabul, parvan, Panjsher, Kapisa and Logar. Both his uncle and his nephew were arrested. Khalili was exiled to Kandahar where he began to write poetry. In the 1950s he returned to Kabul, where he was minister of education and began working at the University of Kabul as a professor. From the 1960s to 1970s, he became fluent in Arabic and was ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Iraq. From 1951 to 1953 he was Minister of Press and Information. After the coup in April 1978, he fled first to Germany. Later he lived in the United States. In the late 1980s he moved to Islamabad in Pakistan. He was buried in Peshawar next to the grave of the Pashtun poet Rahman Baba.

Khalili was a tireless writer. He has published 35 books of poetry, including his two most famous works: " Aškḥā Wa Ḫūnhā " ( " tears and blood " ) and " Ayyar az -e Khorasan " ("The Hero of Khorasan "). The latter is a biography and praise Habibullah Kalakânis.

  • Minister of Finance (Afghanistan)
  • Afghan Ambassador
  • Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
  • Ambassador to Iraq
  • University teachers (Afghanistan)
  • Author
  • Literature ( Persian)
  • Literature ( Afghanistan)
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Afghan
  • Person (Kabul )
  • Born 1907
  • Died in 1987
  • Man
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