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Born in 1650 / Died in 1715 / Pakistan / Arabic

Biography

Abdul Rahman Baba (Pashto: ?????????? ?????; popularly Rahman Baba, Pashto: ????? ?????), was a Pashtun poet from Peshawar in the Mughal Empire (modern-day Pakistan). He remains the most popular poet among the Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His poetry expresses a peaceful mystical side of local culture which is becoming increasingly threatened by less tolerant interpretations of Islam.