List of Urdu 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
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.[1]

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

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  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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