TOP-READ POETS

Adil Mansuri

37   Ghazal 40   Nazm 38   Sher
1936 -2008 Ahmedabad

Ahmad Faraz

134   Ghazal 34   Nazm 166   Sher 48  E-Book
1931 -2008 Islamabad

Ahmad Mushtaq

80   Ghazal 72   Sher 7  E-Book
1933 USA

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

64   Ghazal 41   Nazm 44   Sher 171  E-Book
1916 -2006 Lahore

Aitbar Sajid

45   Ghazal 2   Nazm 33   Sher 3  E-Book
1948 Islamabad

Akbar Allahabadi

70   Ghazal 6   Nazm 126   Sher 66  E-Book
1846 -1921 Allahabad

Akhtarul Iman

53   Nazm 30  E-Book
1915 -1995 Mumbai

Ali Sardar Jafri

46   Ghazal 39   Nazm 20   Sher 103  E-Book
1913 -2000 Mumbai

Allama Iqbal

116   Ghazal 433   Nazm 128   Sher 1123  E-Book
1877 -1938 Lahore

Ameer Minai

43   Ghazal 117   Sher 58  E-Book
1829 -1900 Hyderabad

Asrarul Haq Majaz

39   Ghazal 58   Nazm 38   Sher 36  E-Book
1911 -1955 Lucknow

Bahadur Shah Zafar

51   Ghazal 62   Sher 64  E-Book
1775 -1862 Delhi

Bashar Nawaz

19   Ghazal 13   Nazm 11   Sher 5  E-Book
1935 -2015 Aurangabad

Dagh Dehlvi

80   Ghazal 191   Sher 2   Qita 95  E-Book
1831 -1905 Delhi

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

88   Ghazal 157   Nazm 81   Sher 174  E-Book
1911 -1984 Lahore

Firaq Gorakhpuri

65   Ghazal 7   Nazm 167   Sher 103  E-Book
1896 -1982 Allahabad

Gulzar

38   Ghazal 64   Nazm 49   Sher 18  E-Book
1936 Mumbai

Hasrat Mohani

66   Ghazal 1   Nazm 83   Sher 216  E-Book
1878 -1951 Delhi

Jaun Eliya

167   Ghazal 17   Nazm 163   Sher 15  E-Book
1931 -2002 Karachi

Jigar Moradabadi

79   Ghazal 7   Nazm 161   Sher 67  E-Book
1890 -1960 Moradabad

Kaifi Azmi

16   Ghazal 43   Nazm 20   Sher 28  E-Book
1918 -2002 Mumbai

Khumar Barabankavi

28   Ghazal 41   Sher 6  E-Book
1919 -1999 Barabanki

Majrooh Sultanpuri

42   Ghazal 44   Sher 6   Geet 17  E-Book
1919 -2000 Mumbai

Meer Taqi Meer

343   Ghazal 3   Nazm 189   Sher 147  E-Book
1723 -1810 Delhi

Mirza Ghalib

234   Ghazal 365   Sher 34   Rubai 941  E-Book
1797 -1869 Delhi

Momin Khan Momin

51   Ghazal 62   Sher 4   Rubai 50  E-Book
1800 -1852 Delhi

Munawwar Rana

43   Ghazal 9   Nazm 65   Sher 16  E-Book
1952 Lucknow

Muneer Niyazi

93   Ghazal 56   Nazm 114   Sher 19  E-Book
1923 -2006 Lahore

Nasir Kazmi

110   Ghazal 76   Sher 40  E-Book
1923 -1972 Lahore

Nida Fazli

92   Ghazal 47   Nazm 78   Sher 24  E-Book
1938 -2016 Mumbai

Noon Meem Rashid

4   Ghazal 60   Nazm 3   Sher 24  E-Book
1910 -1975 United Kingdom

Parveen Shakir

81   Ghazal 35   Nazm 108   Sher 18  E-Book
1952 -1994 Karachi

Pirzada Qasim

51   Ghazal 4   Nazm 4   Sher 4  E-Book
1943 Karachi

Qateel Shifai

114   Ghazal 26   Nazm 74   Sher 34  E-Book
1919 -2001 Lahore

Rahat Indori

65   Ghazal 31   Sher 1  E-Book
1950 -2020 Indore

Sahir Ludhianvi

53   Ghazal 89   Nazm 84   Sher 48  E-Book
1921 -1980 Mumbai

Saleem Kausar

56   Ghazal 2   Nazm 48   Sher 2  E-Book
1945 Karachi

Sauda Mohammad Rafi

51   Ghazal 60   Sher 4   Rubai 46  E-Book
1713 -1781 Delhi

Shad Azimabadi

57   Ghazal 41   Sher 24   Rubai 49  E-Book
1846 -1927 Patna

Shahryar

86   Ghazal 54   Nazm 103   Sher 85  E-Book
1936 -2012 Aligarh

Shakeel Badayuni

129   Ghazal 8   Nazm 86   Sher 30  E-Book
1916 -1970 Mumbai

Waseem Barelvi

65   Ghazal 9   Nazm 68   Sher 5  E-Book
1940 Bareilly

Zafar Iqbal

133   Ghazal 154   Sher 4   Humour/Satire 19  E-Book
1933 Lahore

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