{{Short description|Pashto poet (1937–2016)}} {{Infobox person | name = Rahmat Ullah Dard | image = | imagesize = | birth_date = 4 December 1937 | birth_place = British India | death_date = 31 August 2016 | death_place = Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan | birth_name = | caption = | party = | spouse = | children = 5 daughters (Alive) and 1 son who passed away back in 1990s | occupation = Professor of Urdu Literature<br> Poet | website = }}
'''Rahmat Ullah Dard''' (1937-2016), was a Pashto-language ghazal poet.<ref name="tribune.com.pk">{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1173767/legendary-poet-rahmatullah-dard-passes-away/|title=Legendary poet Rahmatullah Dard passes away - The Express Tribune|date=1 September 2016|publisher=}}</ref> He died at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1281723|title=Rahmatullah Dard praised as poet of peace|first=Bureau|last=Report|date=3 September 2016|publisher=}}</ref> He was a famous Pashto Poet and has rendered extraordinary contributions to the language of Pashto. Ahmed Jan Marwat has penned down a book on both Rahmatullah Dard and Abdur Rahim Majzoob poetry. He has carried out a comparative analysis of their poetry. Said Ul Amin Ahsan Kheshgi has written down an article about the poetry and life of Professor Rahmatullah Dard. Dard also wrote poetry in Urdu.
==Books== He wrote the following notable books:<ref name="tribune.com.pk"/> Apart from that, all these books are incorporated in a single book named as "Da Dard Kulyat" *''Ghazal'' *''Dard'' *Muntakhib Dard *Wafa *Noon na tar Noon *Hagha Stargy che Ghagegi *Wyal Sarhi * * * *
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