---
license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - text-classification
  - text-generation
tags:
  - pashto
  - poetry
  - literature
pretty_name: Pashto Poetry Dataset
size_categories:
  - 10K<n<100K
---

# Pashto Poetry Dataset

## Dataset Description
This dataset contains Pashto poetry from various poets. Each entry includes a line of poetry and the corresponding poet's name.

### Dataset Structure
- **text**: A line of Pashto poetry (string).
- **poet**: The name of the poet (string).

### Poets Included
The dataset includes works by poets such as Rahman Baba, Ghani Khan, Hamza Baba, and others. The complete dataset details are as follows:


| **No.** | **Poet** | **Couplet Count** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Abbasin Yousuf | 1875 |
| 2 | Abid Malnak | 534 |
| 3 | Ajmal Khattak | 780 |
| 4 | Allama Abdul Hai | 2380 |
| 5 | Aziz Mazerwal | 30 |
| 6 | Bakht Zadah | 565 |
| 7 | Da Ali Khan | 977 |
| 8 | Ghani Khan | 1399 |
| 9 | Gul Mansoor | 487 |
| 10 | Hamza Baba | 1177 |
| 11 | Haseena Gul | 617 |
| 12 | Hazbullah Shahbaz | 1216 |
| 13 | Javed Ahmedzai | 561 |
| 14 | Jawad Azad | 650 |
| 15 | Karan Khan | 979 |
| 16 | Khaliq Ziari | 40 |
| 17 | Khatir Afridi | 1436 |
| 18 | Khayyam Yousufzai | 533 |
| 19 | Khushal Khan Khattak | 4257 |
| 20 | Matiullah Turab | 1192 |
| 21 | Mohammad Ajanyar | 672 |
| 22 | Mumtaz Orakazi | 1645 |
| 23 | Munir Hunaray | 471 |
| 24 | Munir Jan | 1169 |
| 25 | Naeem Ahmed | 856 |
| 26 | Rabia Mumtaz | 572 |
| 27 | Rahman Baba | 2202 |
| 28 | Rehmat Shah | 1534 |
| 29 | Sahib Shah Sabir | 1051 |
| 30 | Salim Riaz | 232 |
| 31 | Shabbir Khan Durrani | 1056 |
| 32 | Shakir Orakzai | 569 |
| 33 | Shoaib Khan Khattak | 615 |
| 34 | Suleman Shahbaz | 655 |
| 35 | Zia Ur Rehman | 653 |

**Total Couplets: 35637**

### Usage
This dataset can be used for tasks like poet identification, text generation, or linguistic analysis of Pashto poetry.

### License
This dataset is licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please provide appropriate attribution when using this dataset.
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