Professor Dawar Khan Daud (16 February 1940 – 3 June 2018) was an English professor, Pashtu folklorist, writer, poet, researcher, lecturer, member of Pashto Adabi Board (PAB) and president of Rahman Baba Adabi Jirga (RAJ), a literary organisation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2004, the president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf awarded him Pride of Performance award in the field of art and literature.

Professor Dawar Khan
Professor Dawar Khan Daud
Native name	داور خان داوود
Born	(1940-02-16)February 16, 1940 Landi Arbab, Peshawar, Pakistan
Died	June 3, 2018(2018-06-03) (aged 78) Peshawar, Pakistan
Resting place	Landi Arbab
Occupation	English professor,Writer, Researcher, Poet, Folklorist
Language	Pashto,urdu and English languages
Education	English literature Master's Pashto literature Master's Urdu literature Master's
Alma mater	University of Peshawar[1]
Period	1959-2018
Subject	Art, Literature
Years active	1959-2018
Notable awards	Pride of Performance (2004)[2]

He was born in Landi Arbab village of Peshawar. He graduated from Govt collage peshawar and later did master's degree in Pashto, Urdu and English literature from the University of Peshawar.

Literary career

As a lecturer, Dawar was associated with the teaching profession at the various colleges of khyber pakhtunkhwa where he used to taught English literature.He wrote about seventeen research books on Pashto folklore, besides working on Pashto literature, idioms, dictionary, riddles, proverbs, riddles, grammar and poetry. He was also actively engaged in writing articles on Urdu and Pashto literature published in Pashto and Urdu newspapers and literary magazines, including Tatara, a monthly Pashto language newspaper of that time.[3] After he retired from the educational service, he then joined literary organizations such as Pashto Adabi Board (PAB) and Rahman Baba Adabi Jirga (RAJ).

His prominent work included Pashto Tapa’, Taleem Auo Shairy, Rahman Baba Juand, Hamza Baba Aik Mutala, and Pashto Folklore Ke Arr. Some of his work, including a volume of his poetry and research thesis remained unpublished. One of his books A brief history of Pashto literature written in English language remained also unpublished.[4][5] One of his publications Pashto Tapa, comprising different genres of folk poetry were introduced to curriculum of various universities in the country.[6] He also wrote a 162 pages dictionary titled Sailab which comprises Pashto phrases and idioms.[7] Most of his books are included in the syllabus of MA,PhD and CSS exams.His majority of books were given awards.

Death

Dawar Khan was suffering from congestive heart disease and was subsequently admitted to the Lady Reading Hospital for medical treatment. He died of heart complications on 3 June 2018 (16th ramzan ul mubarak 1439) in Peshawar, Pakistan. He is buried in Landi Arbab village of Peshawar.[3]

List of books

• Rahman baba zwand au taleemat
• Pashtu tappa
• Pashto Adab ki matal
• Pashto folklor ki arh

References