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The following is a '''List of ] poets''', sorted by date of birth.
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The following is a '''List of Urdu-language poets'''.
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==13th century==
'''NOTE:''' As far as possible, the ''thakhallus'', or nome de plume, is in italics. The ''thakhallus'' can be a part of of a poet's given name or something else adopted as an identity. And the traditional convention in identifying Urdu poets is to mention the ''thakhallus'' at the end of the name. Thus, for example, the person whose official name and title was ] is usually referred to as ], or just ]. An interesting sidebar to this is that some poets end up having a part of their name repeated; thus, ].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work
|-
| ]||]|| || (1253–1325)|| Tuhfat-us-Sigh
|-
| ]||]|| || (1321–1442)||
|-
| ]||]|| || (15th century)||
|}


==15th century==
*] (1565 - 1611)
{| class="wikitable"
*] (1635 - 1707)
|-
*] (1715 - 1763)
! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work
*] (1721 - 1785)
|-
*] (1723 - 1810)
| ]|| ]|| Mira Bai|| 1498
*] (1725 - 1824)
|
*] (1757 - 1817)
|}
*] (1778 - 1846)
*] (1787 - 1838)
*] (1797 - 1869)
*] (1801 - 1852)
*] (1802 - 1874)
*] (1803 - 1875)
*] (1831 - 1905)
*] (1830 - 1910)
*] (1837 - 1914)
*] (1877 - 1938)
*] (1898 - 1982)
*] (1911 - 1984)
*] (1908 - 1969)
*] (b.1913)
*] (1918-2002)
*] (1919 - 2001)
*] (1921 - 1980)
*] (1925 - 1972)
*] (1931 - 2003)
*] (b.1931)


==16th century==
The following are other major poets:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work
|-
| ]|| || || 1518 – 5 June 1580||
|-
| ]|| ]|| || (1556 – 1627)|| Wrote poetry primarily in ], but also in ]
|-
| ]|| ]|| || 1558–1579||
|-
| ]|| ]|| || (1565–1611)|| ''Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah'' wrote poetry primarily in ], but also in ]
|-
|]|| ]|| || 1571 – 12 September 1627||
|-
|]|| || || unknown – 1662|| Brahman was appointed as court chronicler and he was give responsibility for maintaining ]'s personal diary. He wrote a memoir Chahar Chaman
|-
|}


==17th century==
*]
{| class="wikitable"
*]
|-
*]
! Poet !! Image !! Pen Name !! Era !! Work
|-
|]
|]
|
|(died 1674)
|
|-
|]
|
|Bedil
|(1642-1720)
|
|-
| ]||
]
||Wali Deccani|| (1667–1707)||
|-
| ]|| |||| (1683–1733)||
|-
| ]|||| Arzu|| (1687–1756)|| Mehr-o-Mah, Guka-ri-Kayal
|-
| ]||
]
|| Jan-e-Janaan|| (1699–1781)|| Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar
|}


==18th century==
''See also: ], ], ], ]
]
* ], ''Sauda'' (1713–1780)
* ], ''Siraj'' (1715–1763)
*], ''Soz'' (1720-1799)
* ], ''Dard'' (1721–1785)
* ], Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali ''Qayem'' (1722–1793)
* ], ''Mir'' (1723–1810)
* ], ''Nazeer'' (1740–1830)
* ], ''Jurat'' (1748–1810)
* ], ''Mas'hafi'' (1750–1824)
* ], ''Insha'' (1756–1817)
* ], ''Rangin'' (1757–1835)
* ], ''Zafar'' (1775–1862)
* ], ''Nasikh'' (1776–1838)
* ], ''Atish'' (1778–1846)
* ], ''Zauq'' (1789–1854)
* ], ''Ghalib'' (1797–1869)
* ], ''Ghulam Hussain'' (1780–1848)


==19th century==
]
* ], ''Momin'' (1801–1852)
* ] (Mirza Salaamat Ali), ''Dabeer'' (1803–1875)
* ], ''Anis'' (1803–1874)
* ] (1811–1845)
* ], ''Amir'' (1828–1900)
* ] (Nawab Mirza Khan), ''Daagh'' (1831–1905)
* ] (Hali Panipati), ''Hali'' (1837–1914)
* ] (Syed Akbar Hussain), ''Akbar'' (1846–1921)
* ] (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Raza'' (1856–1921)
* ] Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), ''Hassan'' (1859-1908)
* ] (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), ''Bekhud'' (1857–1912)
* ] (Allama Shibli Nomani). ''Shibli'' (1857–1914)
* ] (1862–1927)
* ] (1868–1937)
* ] (d. 1869)
* ] (1869–1946)<ref name="p932">{{cite web | last=Times | first=Navhind | title=‘Saqib’: The ‘star’ Urdu poet and his ‘garden of life’ | website=The Navhind Times | date=20 May 2023 | url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2023/05/21/magazines/panorama/saqib-the-star-urdu-poet-and-his-garden-of-life/ | access-date=28 Nov 2024}}</ref>
* ] (1872–1931)
* ] (1873–1956)
* ] (1873–1951)
* ] (1875–1952)
* ] (Syed Fazlul Hussain), ''Hasrat'' (1875–1951)
* ] (Zameer Hasan Khan), ''Dil'' (1875–1959)
* ] (Allama Iqbal), ''Iqbal'' (1877–1938)
* ] (Maulana Jauhar), ''Jauhar'' (1878-1931)
* ] (Shaukat Ali Khan), ''Fani'' (1879–1941)
* ] (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
* ] (1882–1926)
* ] (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
* ] (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
* ] (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) ''Yaas'' (1883–1956)
* ] (Labhu Ram) ''Josh'' (1883–1976)
* ] (Asghar Hussain Asghar), ''Asghar'' (1884-1936)
* ] (1887–1966)
* ] (1887–1968)
* ] (Amjad Hussain), ''Amjad'' (1888-1961)
* ] (Ali Sikandar), ''Jigar'' (1890–1960)
* ] (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
* ], ''Zamin'' (1893–1955)
* ] (1893–1969)
* ] (Shabbir Hassan Khan), ''Josh'' (1894–1982)
* ], ''Jauhar'' (1895– 1985)
* ] (Raghupati Sahay), ''Firaq'' (1896–1982)
* ] (1897–1927)
* ] (Ahmed Baksh) ''Abr'' (1897–1973)
* ] Bisheshwar Prasad ''Munavvar'' (1897–1970)
* ] (c. 1932{{endash}}1990)

==1900==
* ] (1900–1966)
* ] (Mohd.Hafeez), ''Hafeez'' (1900–1982)
* ] Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
* ] ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
* ] (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
* ] (1901–1977)
* ] (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
* ] (1901–1997)
* ] (1902–1978)
* ] (1904–1973)
* ] (1904–1975)
* ] (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
* ] (1905–1984)
* ] (1906–1971)
* ] (1906–1993)
* ] (Rala Ram), ''Ratan'' (1907–1998)
* ] (1908–1969)
* ] (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
* ] (Asrar-ul-Haq), ''Majaz'' (1909–1955)
* ] ''Adam'' (1909–1981)
* ], ''Lisan ul Mulk''(1909–1985)
* ], ''Sahar'' (1909-1998)

==1910==
* ] (1910–1975)
* ], ''Faiz'' (1911–1984)
* ] (1911–1984)
* ] (1911–1978)
* ] (''Ravish'') (1911–1971)
* ] (1911–1981)
* ] (1912–1949)
* ] (1912–1968)
* ] (1913–1975)
* ] (1913–1986)
* ] (1913–1990)
* ] (1913–1994)
* ] (1913–2000)
* ] (1914–2002)
* ] (1914–1983)
* ] (1914–1988)
* ] (1914–1982)
* ] (1914–1976)
* ] (1914–1974)
* ] (1914–1983)
* ] (1915–1996)
* ], ''Nadeem'' (1916–2006)
* ], ''Zamir'' (1916–1999)
* ] (1916–1970)
* ] (Agha Abdul Kareem) ''Shorish'' (1917–1975)
* ] (1917–2005)
* ] (Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999)
* ] (1918–2004)
* ] (1918–2002)
* ] (1918-1987)
* ] (1919–1976)
* ] (1919–2000)
* ], ''Khumar'' (1919–1999)
* ], ''Qateel'' (1919–2001)
* ] (1919–2010)

==1920==
* ], ''Salaam'' (1921–1972)
* ], ''Sahir'' (1921–1980)
* ], Krishan Lal ''Krishan Mohan'' (1922–2004)
* ] (1922–2010)
* ] (1922–1970)
* ], ''Nazish'' (1924–1981)
* ] (1924–)
* ], ''Nasir'' (1925–1972)
* ], ''M.G Gupta'' wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
* ] (1925–1992)
* ], ''Shair'' (1926)
* ] Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
* ] (1927–1969)
* ], ''Insha'' (1927–1978)
* ] (1928–2016)
* ] (1928–1974)
* ] (1928–1966)
* ] (1928–1993)
* ] (1928–1998)
* ] (1928–2006)
* ], ''Shabnam'' (1928–2009)
* ] (1928–2012)
* ] (1929–1993)
* ] (1929-1998)

==1930==
* ] (1930–1970)
* ] (1930–1993)
* ] (1931–2008)
* ] (1931–2003)
* ] (1931)
* ] (1931)
* ] (1931)
* ] (1932–1966)
* ] ''Bani'' (1932–1981)
* ] (1932–2007)
* ] (1932)
* ] (1933–2011)
* ] (1933)
* ] (1934–1996)
* ] (1934–2008)
* ] (1934)
* ] (1935–2003)
* ] (1935)
* ] (1935-2015)
* ] (1936)
* ] (1936–2009)
* ] (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
* ] (1936)
* ] (1937)
* ] Iftikharul Hasan ''Unwan'' (1937–2004)
* ] (1938-2016)
* ] (1938–2010)
* ] (1938–2011)
* ] (1939–1997)
* ] (1939– )

==1940==
* ] (1940)
* ] (1940)
* ] (1940)
* ] (1941)
* ] (1942)
* ] (1943)
* ] (1943–2014)
* ] (1944)
* ], ''Qasir'' (1944–1999)
* ] (1945)
* ] (1945)
* ] (1946)
* ] (1946)
* ] (1947)
* ] (1947)
* ] (1947-1996)
* ], ''Sha'oor''(1948–2002)
* ] (1948)
* ] (1948)
* ] (1949–2009)
*] (1944-2020)

==1950==
* ] (1950–2020)
* ] (1950)
* ] (1951–1998)
* ] (1951–)
* ] (1952–)
* ] (1952–)
* ] (1952–1994)
* ] (1953–)
* ] (1954–1984)
* ] (1955–)
* ] (1957-2013)
* ] (1958–)
* ] (1954)

==1960==
* ] (1961)
* ] (1961)
* ] (1962)
* ] (1962–)
* ] (1963)
* ] (1965)
* ] (1966)
* ] (1969)
* ] (1969)

==1970==
* ] (1971)
*] (1974)
* ] (1974)
* ] (1978)

==Non-Muslim Urdu poets==
* ] ''Sadan'' (1766 – 1845)
* ] (1768-1824)
* ] (1811–1845)
* ], ''Shad'' (1864-1940)
* ] (1866 – 1955)
* ] (1882–1926)
* ] (1887–1966)
* ] (Raghupati Sahay) ''Firaq'' (1896–1982)
* ] (1897–1927)
* ] ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
* ] (1901–1997)
* ] (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
* ] (1906–1993)
* ] (Rala Ram) ''Ratan'' (1907–1998)
* ] (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
* ] (1913–1994)
* ] (1913–1986)
* ] (Bam Dev Sharma) ''Rishi'' (1917–1999)
* ] (1918–2004)
* ] (1924 – 2007)
* ] (1924–2001)
* ] Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
* ] (1927–1969)
* ] (1930–1993)
* ] (1931)
* ] (1933)
* ] (1933–1975)
* ] (1931)
* ] (1934–2008)
* ] (1935)
* ] (1954)
* ] (1952{{En dash}}2024)

== 20th century ==
* ] (1937 – October 2020)
* ] (1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

==Contemporary poets==
* ] (b. 1978)

==Poets with unknown dates of birth==
* ],
* ],
* ],
* ],
* ]
* ]
* ]

==Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth==
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

==See also==
* ]
* ]

==References==
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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
Nusrati (died 1674)
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

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.

19th century

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

20th century

Contemporary poets

Poets with unknown dates of birth

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

See also

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'". The Navhind Times. Retrieved 28 Nov 2024.
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