This is a list of people of the Khattak Pashtun tribe. * Khushal Khan Khattak, a prominent Pashtun malik, poet, warrior, and tribal chief of the Khattak tribe (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan). He spent his life fighting the of India. In order to gain freedom, Khushhal Khan challenged the power of Aurangzeb Alamgir the Mughal emperor on multiple occasions although he failed to achieve independence from the Mughals. Khushal Khan wrote many books in Pashto and Persian, of which ten are very popular.He died in Dambara in then Mughal empire and today's Pakistan. * Afzal Khan Khattak, chief of the Khattak tribe, Pashto poet, and author of Tarikh-e-Morassa was the oldest son of Ashraf Khan. In 1672-73, Ashraf succeeded his father Khoshal Khan in the chieftaincy of the Khattak tribe.