List of Chitrali people
The following is a list of notable Chitrali people (also known as Kho people),[1][2] an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group[3] native to Chitral, Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Pakistan.[4]
Activists
[edit]- Masood ul-Mulk, Pakistani humanitarian and development practitioner
Authors
[edit]- Muhammad Ghufran (1857 – 1926), scholar, historiographer and poet
- Muhammad Siyar (1770 – 1840), Khowar-language poet and court chronicler
- Rahima Naz, poet of Urdu and the Khowar languages.
Military
[edit]- Burhan-ud-Din (1914 – 1996), a veteran of the Indian National Army
- Mata ul-Mulk (1918 – 2002), known for his role in the First Kashmir War
Performing art and media
[edit]- Sana Yousaf (2008 – 2025), Pakistani social media influencer.
Politicians
[edit]- Zainul Abideen, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Abdul Akbar Chitrali, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Bibi Fozia, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Saleem Khan, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- Shahzada Mohiuddin, provincial minister and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Falak Naz, member of the Senate of Pakistan
- Jafar Ali Shah, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Royalty
[edit]- Gohar Aman (1809 – 1860), ruler of Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit
- Aman ul-Mulk (1821 – 1892), the 15th mehtar of Chitral
- Afzal ul-Mulk (1867 – 1892), the 16th mehtar of Chitral
- Sher Afzal (1841 – 1923), the 17th mehtar of Chitral
- Nizam ul-Mulk (1861 – 1895), the 18th mehtar of Chitral
- Amir ul-Mulk (1877 – 1923), the 19th mehtar of Chitral
- Shuja ul-Mulk (1881 – 1936), the 20th mehtar of Chitral
- Nasir ul-Mulk (1887 – 1943), the 21st mehtar of Chitral
- Muzaffar ul-Mulk (1901 – 1949), Mehtar of Chitral who acceeded to Pakistan
Sportspersons
[edit]Association football
[edit]Cricket
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-28853-1.
The Kho people are the most important ethnic group in the Chitral region of northern Pakistan. They are an Indo-Aryan people who are Muslims, primarily Sunnis of the Hanafi tradition.
- ↑ O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin Ross; Decker, Sandra J. (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral. National Institute of Pakistan /* Location and demographics */ at Quaid-i-Azam University. p. 22.
- ↑ Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-107-27667-3.
- ↑ "Khowar". Ethnologue.