# Rahmatullah Dard

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{{Short description|Pashto poet (1937–2016)}}
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| name               = Rahmat Ullah Dard
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| birth_date         = 4 December 1937
| birth_place        = [British India](/source/British_India)
| death_date         = 31 August 2016
| death_place        = [Lakki Marwat](/source/Lakki_Marwat), [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa](/source/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)
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| children           = 5 daughters (Alive) and 1 son who passed away back in 1990s
| occupation         = Professor of Urdu Literature<br> Poet
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'''Rahmat Ullah Dard''' (1937-2016), was a [Pashto](/source/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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==References==
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Category:Pashto-language poets
Category:1937 births
Category:2016 deaths

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