Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Urdu Pashto/: خانعبدالغفارخان) (born in Hashtnagar in Utmanzai with the Peshawar, the British Indies towards 1890 - died with Peshawar, Pakistan, under house arrest the January 20th 1988) was a political director and spiritual Pachtoune, known for its nonviolent opposition to the British domination at the end of the reign of the empire on the sub-continent. It was all its life a Pacifiste and an enthusiast Musulman.

It was known as Badshah Khan (sometimes written Bacha Khan ), the king of the chiefs, and the Gandhi of the border .

Sources

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1969). My life and struggle: Autobiography off Badshah Khan (ace narrated to K.B. Narang) . Translated by Helen Bouman. Hind Pocket Books, New Delhi.
Rajmohan Gandhi (2004). Ghaffar Khan: non-violent Badshah off the Pakhtuns . Viking, New Delhi. ISBN 0-670-05765-7.
Eknath Easwaran (1999). Non-violent soldier off Islam: Ghaffar Khan: man to match his mountains has. http://www.easwaran.org/nilgiri.cfm?pageid=28&itemid=00-1 Nilgiri Near, Tomales, CA ISBN 1-888314-00-1
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: In True Serving off Humanity by Girdhari Lal Puri PPP 188-190.
Mukulika Banerjee (2000). Pathan Unarmed: Opposition & Memory in the North West Frontier . School off American Research Near. ISBN 0-933452-68-3
Pilgrimage for Peace: Gandhi and Frontier Gandhi Among N.W.F. Pathans, Pyarelal, Ahmedabad, Navajivan Publishing House, 1950.
Tah Da Qam Da Zrah Da Raza , Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Mardan Ulasi Adabi Tolanah, 1990.
Thrown to the Wolves: Abdul Ghaffar , Pyarelal, Calcutta, Eastlight Book House, 1966.

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