Makhfi Badakhshi

Sayyida Makhfi-Badakhshi (1876-1963) (, was a poet from Khulm (Tashqurghan), Afghanistan. Her first publication was between in 1992 by a monthly magazine. In the 1990s, her first collection of poetry was published in Faizabad, Afghanistan. Only few of her works have been translated into English. Sayyida was famous for her ghazals.
Life.
Sayyida Makhfi-Badakhshi was educated privately until she moved from Khulm to Badakhshan. She had two brother's, Mir Muhammad Ghamgin and Mir Suhrab Shah Sawda, who were also poets. In 1951, she made an impression on contemporary poet Khalilullah Khalili.
Between 1880 and 1901, under the rule of Abdur Rahman Khan, Makhfi-Badakhshi's family was exiled to Kandahar, where they lived for 20 years.