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

  • Masood ul-Mulk, a Pakistani expert on humanitarian aid and a development practitioner.

Arts and literature

  • Zakir Muhammad Zakhmi, Renowned Khowar poet and social worker.

Authors

Military

Performing art and media

  • Sana Yousaf (2008-2025), Pakistani social media influencer.

Politicians

  • Abdul Akbar Chitrali, a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023.
  • Bibi Fozia, a Pakistani politician, who has served as a member of the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
  • Falak Naz, a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 2021.
  • Rahima Naz, a Pakistani poet of Urdu and the Khowar languages.
  • Saleem Khan, a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, from 2008 to May 2018.
  • Shahzada Mohiuddin (1938-2022), a Pakistani politician, a Federal and Provincial Minister, and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
  • Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin, a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018.
  • Zainul Abideen, a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and was affiliated with PPP.
  • Jafar Ali Shah, a politician from Chitral.

Royalty

  • Afzal ul-Mulk, the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral
  • Amir ul-Mulq (1877-1923), the Mehtar (ruler) of the princely state of Chitral.
  • Muzaffar ul-Mulk (1901-1949), the Mehtar of Chitral who reigned from 1943 to 1949.
  • Nasir ul-Mulk (1887-1943)
  • Sher Afzal (1841-1923)
  • Shuja ul-Mulk (1881-1936), the Mehtar of the State of Chitral, who reigned it for 41 years until his death in 1936.
  • Aman ul-Mulk (1821–1892), the Mehtar of Chitral, Ghizer, Yasen and Ishkoman and Suzerain of Kafiristan.

Sportpersons

Association football

Cricket

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-107-27667-3.
  4. ^ "Khowar". Ethnologue.
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