INDEX OF Poets

A well-known poet of mystical thoughts.

An important poet of Hamd and Naat.

Widely celebrated and sung Urdu poet. Rose to iconic stature through his seductively romantic and anti-establishment poetry.

One of the founders of Urdu criticism. Outstanding pre-modern poet. Famous for writing Yaadgar-e-Ghalib, the first biography of Mirza Ghalib.

Eminent Urdu poet and contemporary of Dagh Dehlvi. Famous for penning the ghazal "Sarakti jaye hai rukh se naqaab aahista aahista.".

Son of famous poet Josh Malsiyani.

Known by the honorary title Allamah Arzoo Lakhnavi, he is an Urdu poet and lyricist who wrote in nearly every genre of Urdu poetry, including Marsiya, Qasida, Masnavi, Rubai, Naat, and chronogram inscriptions. He also wrote radio plays and scripts for several early Urdu films.

Well-known poet; wrote ghazals, nazms, and rubais portraying romantic feelings and acute social consciousness.

One of the leading pre-modern poets known for the mystic content of his poetry, close associate of Jigar Moradabadi.

One of the emerging young poets, known for expressing spontaneity in ghazal.