Hussain Malikpuri, Time and Homeland

Abstract

Hussain Malikpuri is an important name in Pashto classical poetry.  He is the founder of ‘Sabak-e- Hindi’, a particular style in Pashto poetry.  His poems prove that he was a poet of the time of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.  And he was alive at the time of Aurangzeb's death.  One of his poems is about the battle fought between Amin Khan and the Mughal forces in the Khyber Pass.  This proves that he was older than the famous Pashto poet Rehman Baba.  Because Rehman Baba was ten years old at the time of this battle.  Hussain Malikpuri was a resident of Malikpur village in Pakhli area in Hazara division.  But some researchers believe he was from Swat.  The fact is that Syed Hussain Baba of Swat is a different person.  Not once in Hussain Malikpuri's poetry collection has the word Syed been written with his name.  This article discusses research and critique of Hussain Malikpuri's time and homeland.