About Abdul Rahman Baba Abdul Rahman Mohmand (b.1653- d.1711)(Pashto: عبدالرحمان مومند) popularly known as (Pashto: رحمان بابا) was called the Nightingale of Pakhtoonkhwa, the Pashto speaking region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rahman Baba is a legendary Pashto Sufi poet, and he was even called a new ‘Hafiz Shirazi’. His poetry places him alongside Khushal Khan Khattak for his contribution to Pashto poetry and literature.