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The following is a '''List of Urdu-language poets'''. | |||
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==13th century== | |||
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! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work | |||
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| [[Amir Khusro]]||[[File:Amir Khusro.jpg|100px]]|| || (1253–1325)|| Tuhfat-us-Sigh | |||
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| [[Bande Nawaz]]||[[File:Amir Khusro.jpg|100px]]|| || (1321–1442)|| | |||
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| [[Kabir]]||[[File:Kabir004.jpg|100px]]|| || (15th century)|| | |||
|} | |||
{{ | ==15th century== | ||
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! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work | |||
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| [[Meera]]|| [[File:Meerabai painting.jpg|100px]]|| Mira Bai|| 1498 | |||
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|} | |||
==16th century== | |||
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! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work | |||
|- | |||
| [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali]]|| [[File:Aliadilshah.jpg|100px]]|| || 1518 – 5 June 1580|| | |||
|- | |||
| [[Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana]]|| [[File:Young Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana being received by Akbar, Akbarnama.jpg|100px]]|| || (1556 – 1627)|| Wrote poetry primarily in [[Persian poetry|Persian]], but also in [[Hindustani language|Hindavi]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Ali Adil Shah I]]|| [[File:Aliadilshah.jpg|100px]]|| || 1558–1579|| | |||
|- | |||
| [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]]|| [[File:Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah portrait.JPG|100px]]|| || (1565–1611)|| ''Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah'' wrote poetry primarily in [[Persian poetry|Persian]], but also in [[Hindustani language|Hindavi]] | |||
|- | |||
|[[Ibrahim Adil Shah II]]|| [[File:Ibrahim Adil Shah II Sultan of Bijapur.jpg|100px]]|| || 1571 – 12 September 1627|| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Chandar Bhan Brahman]]|| || || unknown – 1662|| Brahman 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== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work | |||
|- | |||
|[[Abdul-Qādir Bedil|Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlavi]] | |||
| | |||
|Bedil | |||
|(1642-1720) | |||
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|- | |||
| [[Wali Muhammad Wali]]|| | |||
[[File:Wali Mohammed Wali New.svg|100px]] | |||
||Wali Deccani|| (1667–1707)|| | |||
|- | |||
| [[Shah Mubarak Abroo]]|| |||| (1683–1733)|| | |||
|- | |||
| [[Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu]]|||| Arzu|| (1687–1756)|| Mehr-o-Mah,Guka-ri-Kayal | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan]]|| | |||
[[File:Jan janani.png|100px]] | |||
|| Jan-e-Janaan|| (1699–1781)|| Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar | |||
|} | |||
==18th century== | |||
[[File:Mushafi-ghulam-hamdani.png|thumb|250px|Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "''Urdu''" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time.<ref>Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.</ref>]] | |||
* [[Mirza Rafi Sauda|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) | |||
* [[Nazeer Akbarabadi]], ''Nazeer'' (1740–1830) | |||
* [[Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat]], ''Jurat'' (1748–1810) | |||
* [[Mas'hafi|Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani]], ''Mas'hafi'' (1750–1824) | |||
* [[Insha Allah Khan 'Insha']], ''Insha'' (1756–1817) | |||
* [[Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin]], ''Rangin'' (1757–1835) | |||
* [[Bahadur Shah II|Bahadur Shah]], ''Zafar'' (1775–1862) | |||
* [[Imam Baksh Nasikh]], ''Nasikh'' (1776–1838) | |||
* [[Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish]], ''Atish'' (1778–1846) | |||
* [[Zauq|Muhammad Ibrahim Khan]], ''Zauq'' (1789–1854) | |||
* [[Mirza Ghalib|Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib]], ''Ghalib'' (1797–1869) | |||
==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) | |||
* [[Ismail Alam|Alam]] (1868–1937) | |||
* [[Zaigham]] (d. 1869) | |||
* [[Ibrahim Ali Tashna|Tashna]] (1872–1931) | |||
* [[Zafar Ali Khan]] (1873–1956) | |||
* [[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) | |||
* [[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) | |||
* [[Abdur Rauf Urooj]] (c. 1932{{endash}}1990) | |||
==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) | |||
* [[Ahmed 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) | |||
* [[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) | |||
* [[Jon Elia]] (1931–2003) | |||
* [[Rajendar Nath Rehbar]] (1931) | |||
* [[Satyapal Anand]] (1931) | |||
* [[Syed Amin Ashraf]] (1931) | |||
* [[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) | |||
* [[Aftab Iqbal Shamim]] (1936) | |||
* [[Adil Mansuri]] (1936–2009) | |||
* [[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan]] (Shahryar) (1936–2012) | |||
* [[Gulzar (lyricist)|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) | |||
* [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]] (1941) | |||
* [[Ahfaz ur Rahman]] (1942) | |||
* [[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–) | |||
* [[Raees Warsi]] (1963) | |||
* [[Zulfiqar Naqvi]] (1965) | |||
* [[Harris Khalique]] (1966) | |||
* [[Idris Azad]] (1969) | |||
* [[Riaz Tasneem]] (1969) | |||
==1970== | |||
* [[Irshad Kamil]] (1971) | |||
*[[Akhtar Raza Saleemi]] (1974) | |||
* [[Irfan Nasirabadi]] (1975) | |||
* [[Sarim Momin]] (1978) | |||
==Non-Muslim Urdu poets== | |||
* [[Meera]], ''Mira Bai'' (c. 1498) | |||
* [[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|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) | |||
* [[Sudarshan Faakir]] (1934–2008) | |||
* [[Mohinder Pratap Chand]] (1935) | |||
* [[Jayant Parmer]] (1954) | |||
== 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]] | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[List of Pakistani poets]] | |||
* [[List of Urdu-language writers]] | |||
==References== | |||
{{commons category|Urdu writers}} | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Urdu poetry}} | |||
{{Lists of poets}} | |||
{{Urdu topics}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urdu Language Poets}} | |||
[[Category:Lists of poets by language]] | |||
[[Category:Urdu-language poetry|Poets]] | |||
[[Category:Urdu-language poets|*]] | |||
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The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.
13th century
| Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Khusro | ![]() |
(1253–1325) | Tuhfat-us-Sigh | |
| Bande Nawaz | ![]() |
(1321–1442) | ||
| Kabir | ![]() |
(15th century) |
15th century
| Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meera | ![]() |
Mira Bai | 1498 |
16th century
| Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali | ![]() |
1518 – 5 June 1580 | ||
| Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana | ![]() |
(1556 – 1627) | Wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi | |
| Ali Adil Shah I | ![]() |
1558–1579 | ||
| Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah | (1565–1611) | Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi | ||
| Ibrahim Adil Shah II | ![]() |
1571 – 12 September 1627 | ||
| Chandar Bhan Brahman | unknown – 1662 | Brahman 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
| Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlavi | Bedil | (1642-1720) | ||
| Wali Muhammad Wali | Wali Deccani | (1667–1707) | ||
| Shah Mubarak Abroo | (1683–1733) | |||
| Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu | Arzu | (1687–1756) | Mehr-o-Mah,Guka-ri-Kayal | |
| Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan | Jan-e-Janaan | (1699–1781) | Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar |
18th century

- 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)
- 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)
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)
- Tashna (1872–1931)
- Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
- 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)
- 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)
- Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 1932–1990)
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)
- Ahmed 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)
- 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)
- Jon Elia (1931–2003)
- Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
- Satyapal Anand (1931)
- Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
- 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)
- 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)
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
- Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
- 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–)
- Raees Warsi (1963)
- Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965)
- Harris Khalique (1966)
- Idris Azad (1969)
- Riaz Tasneem (1969)
1970
- Irshad Kamil (1971)
- Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
- Irfan Nasirabadi (1975)
- Sarim Momin (1978)
Non-Muslim Urdu poets
- Meera, Mira Bai (c. 1498)
- 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)
- Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
- Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
- Jayant Parmer (1954)
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
See also
References
- ↑ Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.