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List of Urdu poets

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List of Urdu poets

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The following is a list of Urdu-language poets.

13th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Amir Khusro[[File:Amir Khusro.jpg100px]](1253–1325)Tuhfat-us-Sigh
Bande Nawaz[[File:Amir Khusro.jpg100px]](1321–1442)
Kabir[[File:Kabir004.jpg100px]](15th century)

15th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Meera[[File:Meerabai painting.jpg100px]]Mira Bai1498

16th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali1518 – 5 June 1580
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana[[File:Young Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana being received by Akbar, Akbarnama.jpg100px]](1556 – 1627)Wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ali Adil Shah I[[File:Aliadilshah.jpg100px]]1558–1579
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah[[File:Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah portrait.JPG100px]](1565–1611)*Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah* wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ibrahim Adil Shah II[[File:Ibrahim Adil Shah II Sultan of Bijapur.jpg100px]]1571 – 12 September 1627
Chandar Bhan Brahmanunknown – 1662Brahman was appointed as court chronicler and he was give responsibility for maintaining Shah Jahan's personal diary. He wrote a memoir Chahar Chaman

17th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Nusrati[[File:Nusrati.jpg100px]](died 1674)
Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil DehlaviBedil(1642-1720)
Wali Muhammad WaliWali Deccani(1667–1707)
Shah Mubarak Abroo(1683–1733)
Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan ArzuArzu(1687–1756)Mehr-o-Mah, Guka-ri-Kayal
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-JanaanJan-e-Janaan(1699–1781)Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar

18th century

Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name &quot;''Urdu''&quot; around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time.<ref>Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. &quot;The Urdu language reforms.&quot; Studies 26 (2011): 97.</ref>
  • Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
  • Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763)
  • Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799)
  • Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
  • Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
  • Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
  • Fidvi Lahori, Fidvi (1729–1780)
  • Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
  • Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748–1810)
  • Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
  • Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756–1817)
  • Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835)
  • Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
  • Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
  • Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
  • Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869)
  • Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Ghulam Hussain (1780–1848)

19th century

  • Momin Khan Momin, Momin (1801–1852)
  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali), Dabeer (1803–1875)
  • Mir Babar Ali Anis, Anis (1803–1874)
  • Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
  • Amir Meenai, Amir (1828–1900)
  • Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan), Daagh (1831–1905)
  • Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati), Hali (1837–1914)
  • Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain), Akbar (1846–1921)
  • Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), Raza (1856–1921)
  • Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), Hassan (1859-1908)
  • Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), Bekhud (1857–1912)
  • Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani). Shibli (1857–1914)
  • Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
  • Alam (1868–1937)
  • Zaigham (d. 1869)
  • Saqib Lakhnavi (1869–1946)
  • Tashna (1872–1931)
  • Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
  • Arzoo Lakhnavi (1873–1951)
  • Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
  • Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain), Hasrat (1875–1951)
  • Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan), Dil (1875–1959)
  • Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), Iqbal (1877–1938)
  • Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Maulana Jauhar), Jauhar (1878-1931)
  • Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan), Fani (1879–1941)
  • Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
  • Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
  • Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
  • Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
  • Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
  • Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
  • Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), Asghar (1884-1936)
  • Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
  • Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
  • Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), Amjad (1888-1961)
  • Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar), Jigar (1890–1960)
  • Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
  • Zamin Ali, Zamin (1893–1955)
  • Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969)
  • Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan), Josh (1894–1982)
  • Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Jauhar (1895– 1985)
  • Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), Firaq (1896–1982)
  • Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
  • Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897–1973)
  • Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897–1970)
  • Ahmaq Phaphoondvi (1895-1957)
  • Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 19321990)

1900

  • Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (1900–1966)
  • Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), Hafeez (1900–1982)
  • Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
  • Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
  • Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
  • Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)
  • Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
  • Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
  • Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978)
  • Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
  • Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
  • Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
  • Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
  • Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
  • Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
  • Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), Ratan (1907–1998)
  • Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
  • Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
  • Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), Majaz (1909–1955)
  • Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
  • Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985)
  • Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

1910

  • Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
  • Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
  • Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
  • Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
  • Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
  • Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
  • Meeraji (1912–1949)
  • Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968)
  • Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
  • Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
  • Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
  • Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
  • Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
  • Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
  • Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
  • Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
  • Ehsan Danish (1914–1982)
  • Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
  • Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
  • Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
  • Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
  • Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
  • Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
  • Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
  • Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
  • Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
  • Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
  • Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
  • Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
  • Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
  • Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
  • Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
  • Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
  • Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
  • Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

1920

  • Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972)
  • Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
  • Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
  • Wazir Agha (1922–2010)
  • Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
  • Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981)
  • Ada Jafri (1924–)
  • Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
  • Bekas Akbarabadi, M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
  • Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)
  • Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
  • Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
  • Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
  • Khadija Mastoor (1927-1982)
  • Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
  • Bekal Utsahi (1928–2016)
  • Sagar Siddiqui (1928–1974)
  • Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
  • Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
  • Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
  • Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
  • Shabnam Romani, Shabnam (1928–2009)
  • Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
  • Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
  • Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)

1930

  • Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
  • Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
  • Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
  • Jaun Elia (1931–2003)
  • Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
  • Satyapal Anand (1931)
  • Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
  • Ahmar Lari (1932–2011),
  • Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
  • Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981)
  • Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
  • Sardar Panchhi (1932)
  • Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
  • Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
  • Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
  • Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
  • Murtaza Birlas (1934)
  • Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003)
  • Anwar Masood (1935)
  • Bashar Nawaz (1935-2015)
  • Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
  • Adil Mansuri (1936–2009)
  • Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
  • Gulzar (1936)
  • Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
  • Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004)
  • Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
  • Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010)
  • Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011)
  • Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
  • Allama Talib Jauhari (1939– )

1940

  • Mahmood Shaam (1940)
  • Kishwar Naheed (1940)
  • Jazib Qureshi (1940)
  • Muzaffar Ahmad Lari (1940)
  • Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
  • Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
  • Khalid Ahmad (1943)
  • Iftikhar Arif (1943)
  • Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
  • Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
  • Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
  • Bashir Badr (1945)
  • Javed Akhtar (1945)
  • Anwer Zahidi (1946)
  • Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
  • Shamim Hashimi (1947)
  • Saleem Kausar (1947)
  • Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996)
  • Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002)
  • Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
  • Fehmida Riaz (1948)
  • Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
  • Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)

1950

  • Rahat Indori (1950–2020)
  • Zahid Abrol (1950)
  • Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998)
  • Ashfaq Hussain (1951–)
  • Haider Qureshi (1952–)
  • Munawwar Rana (1952–)
  • Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
  • Abdul Hamid (1953–)
  • Sara Shagufta (1954–1984)
  • Kazim Jarwali (1955–)
  • Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013)
  • Noon Meem Danish (1958–)
  • Salma Shaheen (1954)

1960

  • Fareed Parbati (1961)
  • Samina Raja (1961)
  • Anjum Rehbar (1962)
  • Zahida Hina (1962–)
  • Muhammad Fazal Azim Taha (1962–)
  • Raees Warsi (1963)
  • Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965)
  • Harris Khalique (1966)
  • Idris Azad (1969)
  • Riaz Tasneem (1969)

1970

  • Irshad Kamil (1971)
  • Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
  • Ali Akbar Natiq (1974)
  • Sarim Momin (1978)

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

  • Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 – 1845)
  • Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
  • Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
  • Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Shad (1864-1940)
  • Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 – 1955)
  • Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
  • Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
  • Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
  • Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
  • Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
  • Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
  • Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
  • Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
  • Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
  • Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
  • Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
  • Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
  • Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
  • Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
  • Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007)
  • Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
  • Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
  • Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
  • Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
  • Satyapal Anand (1931)
  • Raj Pathria (1933)
  • Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975)
  • Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931– 2022)
  • Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
  • Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
  • Jayant Parmer (1954)
  • Fahmi Badayuni (19522024)

20th century

  • Mashal Sultanpuri (1937 – October 2020)
  • Meena Kumari (1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

Contemporary poets

  • Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (b. 1978)

Poets with unknown dates of birth

  • Saleem Kausar,
  • Shahin Badar,
  • Siraj Aurangabadi,
  • Ziauddin Ahmad,
  • Sadhu Singh Hamdard
  • Qamar Jalalabadi
  • Kanwal Ziai

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

  • Kaif Bhopali
  • Sayeed Quadri
  • Khalid Irfan
  • Kashmiri Lal Zakir

References

References

  1. Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.
  2. Times, Navhind. (20 May 2023). "‘Saqib’: The ‘star’ Urdu poet and his ‘garden of life’".
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