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13th century
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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Amir Khusro | ![]() |
(1253β1325) | Tuhfat-us-Sigh | |
Bande Nawaz | ![]() |
(1321β1442) | ||
Kabir | ![]() |
(15th century) |
15th century
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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Meera | ![]() |
Mira Bai | 1498 |
16th century
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali | 1518 β 5 June 1580 | |||
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana | ![]() |
(1556 β 1627) | Wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi | |
Ali Adil Shah I | ![]() |
1558β1579 | ||
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah | (1565β1611) | Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi | ||
Ibrahim Adil Shah II | ![]() |
1571 β 12 September 1627 | ||
Chandar Bhan Brahman | unknown β 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 |
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Nusrati | ![]() |
(died 1674) | ||
Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlavi | Bedil | (1642-1720) | ||
Wali Muhammad Wali | Wali Deccani | (1667β1707) | ||
Shah Mubarak Abroo | (1683β1733) | |||
Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu | Arzu | (1687β1756) | Mehr-o-Mah, Guka-ri-Kayal | |
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan | Jan-e-Janaan | (1699β1781) | Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar |
18th century
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- Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713β1780)
- Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715β1763)
- Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799)
- Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721β1785)
- Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722β1793)
- Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723β1810)
- Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740β1830)
- Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748β1810)
- Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, Mas'hafi (1750β1824)
- Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756β1817)
- Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757β1835)
- Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775β1862)
- Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776β1838)
- Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778β1846)
- Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789β1854)
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797β1869)
- Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Ghulam Hussain (1780β1848)
19th century
- Momin Khan Momin, Momin (1801β1852)
- Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali), Dabeer (1803β1875)
- Mir Babar Ali Anis, Anis (1803β1874)
- Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811β1845)
- Amir Meenai, Amir (1828β1900)
- Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan), Daagh (1831β1905)
- Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati), Hali (1837β1914)
- Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain), Akbar (1846β1921)
- Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), Raza (1856β1921)
- Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), Hassan (1859-1908)
- Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), Bekhud (1857β1912)
- Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani). Shibli (1857β1914)
- Muztar Khairabadi (1862β1927)
- Alam (1868β1937)
- Zaigham (d. 1869)
- Tashna (1872β1931)
- Zafar Ali Khan (1873β1956)
- Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875β1952)
- Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain), Hasrat (1875β1951)
- Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan), Dil (1875β1959)
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), Iqbal (1877β1938)
- Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Maulana Jauhar), Jauhar (1878-1931)
- Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan), Fani (1879β1941)
- Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882β1951)
- Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882β1926)
- Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882β1955)
- Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882β1966)
- Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883β1956)
- Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883β1976)
- Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), Asghar (1884-1936)
- Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887β1966)
- Qamar Jalalvi (1887β1968)
- Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), Amjad (1888-1961)
- Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar), Jigar (1890β1960)
- Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892β1969)
- Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893β1969)
- Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan), Josh (1894β1982)
- Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Jauhar (1895β 1985)
- Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), Firaq (1896β1982)
- Ram Prasad Bismil (1897β1927)
- Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897β1973)
- Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897β1970)
- Abdur Rauf Urooj (c.β1932β1990)
1900
- Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (1900β1966)
- Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), Hafeez (1900β1982)
- Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur βTalibβ (1900β1988)
- Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901β1958)
- Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901β1969)
- Bismil Saeedi (1901β1977)
- Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902β1988)
- Anand Narain Mulla (1901β1997)
- Zaheen Shah Taji (1902β1978)
- Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904β1973)
- Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904β1975)
- Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905β1948)
- Saghar Nizami (1905β1984)
- Abid Ali Abid (1906β1971)
- Gopal Mittal (1906β1993)
- Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), Ratan (1907β1998)
- Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908β1969)
- Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908β1979)
- Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), Majaz (1909β1955)
- Abdul Hamid Adam (1909β1981)
- Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Lisan ul Mulk(1909β1985)
- Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)
1910
- Noon Meem Rashid (1910β1975)
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911β1984)
- Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911β1984)
- Aijaz Siddiqi (1911β1978)
- Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911β1971)
- Nushoor Wahidi (1911β1981)
- Meeraji (1912β1949)
- Shifa Gwaliori (1912β1968)
- Shamim Karhani (1913β1975)
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913β1986)
- Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913β1990)
- Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913β1994)
- Ali Sardar Jafri (1913β2000)
- Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914β2002)
- Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914β1983)
- Rais Amrohvi (1914β1988)
- Ehsan Danish (1914β1982)
- Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914β1976)
- Majeed Amjad (1914β1974)
- Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914β1983)
- Akhtar ul Iman (1915β1996)
- Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916β2006)
- Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916β1999)
- Shakeel Badayuni (1916β1970)
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917β1975)
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917β2005)
- Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917β1999)
- Jagan Nath Azad (1918β2004)
- Kaifi Azmi (1918β2002)
- Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
- Naeem Hashmi (1919β1976)
- Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919β2000)
- Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919β1999)
- Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919β2001)
- Masud Husain Khan (1919β2010)
1920
- Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921β1972)
- Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921β1980)
- Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922β2004)
- Wazir Agha (1922β2010)
- Sulaiman Areeb (1922β1970)
- Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924β1981)
- Ada Jafri (1924β)
- Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925β1972)
- Bekas Akbarabadi, M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925β2011)
- Rahi Masoom Raza (1925β1992)
- Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
- Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927β2012)
- Naresh Kumar Shad (1927β1969)
- Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927β1978)
- Bekal Utsahi (1928β2016)
- Sagar Siddiqui (1928β1974)
- Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928β1966)
- Habib Jalib (1928β1993)
- Dilawar Figar (1928β1998)
- Munir Niazi (1928β2006)
- Shabnam Romani, Shabnam (1928β2009)
- Mazhar Imam (1928β2012)
- Wasif Ali Wasif (1929β1993)
- Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)
1930
- Mustafa Zaidi (1930β1970)
- Harbans Bhalla (1930β1993)
- Ahmad Faraz (1931β2008)
- Jon Elia (1931β2003)
- Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
- Satyapal Anand (1931)
- Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
- Shakeb Jalali (1932β1966)
- Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932β1981)
- Mohsin Bhopali (1932β2007)
- Sardar Panchhi (1932)
- Muzaffar Warsi (1933β2011)
- Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
- Waheed Akhtar (1934β1996)
- Sudarshan Faakir (1934β2008)
- Murtaza Birlas (1934)
- Mohsin Zaidi (1935β2003)
- Anwar Masood (1935)
- Bashar Nawaz (1935-2015)
- Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
- Adil Mansuri (1936β2009)
- Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936β2012)
- Gulzar (1936)
- Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
- Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937β2004)
- Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
- Makhmoor Saeedi (1938β2010)
- Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938β2011)
- Obaidullah Aleem (1939β1997)
- Allama Talib Jauhari (1939β )
1940
- Mahmood Shaam (1940)
- Kishwar Naheed (1940)
- Jazib Qureshi (1940)
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
- Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
- Iftikhar Arif (1943)
- Shamim Farooqui (1943β2014)
- Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
- Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944β1999)
- 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(1948β2002)
- Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
- Fehmida Riaz (1948)
- Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949β2009)
- Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)
1950
- Rahat Indori (1950β2020)
- Zahid Abrol (1950)
- Jamal Ehsani (1951β1998)
- Ashfaq Hussain (1951β)
- Haider Qureshi (1952β)
- Munawwar Rana (1952β)
- Parveen Shakir (1952β1994)
- Abdul Hamid (1953β)
- Sara Shagufta (1954β1984)
- Kazim Jarwali (1955β)
- Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013)
- Noon Meem Danish (1958β)
- Salma Shaheen (1954)
1960
- Fareed Parbati (1961)
- Samina Raja (1961)
- Anjum Rehbar (1962)
- Zahida Hina (1962β)
- 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)
- Irfan Nasirabadi (1975)
- Sarim Momin (1978)
Non-Muslim Urdu poets
- Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 β 1845)
- Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
- Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811β1845)
- Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Shad (1864-1940)
- Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 β 1955)
- Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882β1926)
- Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887β1966)
- Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896β1982)
- Ram Prasad Bismil (1897β1927)
- Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901β1958)
- Anand Narain Mulla (1901β1997)
- Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902β1988)
- Gopal Mittal (1906β1993)
- Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907β1998)
- Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908β1979)
- Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913β1994)
- Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913β1986)
- Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917β1999)
- Jagan Nath Azad (1918β2004)
- Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 β 2007)
- Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924β2001)
- Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927β2012)
- Naresh Kumar Shad (1927β1969)
- Harbans Bhalla (1930β1993)
- Satyapal Anand (1931)
- Raj Pathria (1933)
- Dushyant Kumar (1933β1975)
- Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
- Sudarshan Faakir (1934β2008)
- Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
- Jayant Parmer (1954)
20th century
- Mashal Sultanpuri (1937 β 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.