Urdu poets

Urdu Poetry

Urdu poetry is a rich tradition of poetry and has many different forms which were basically originated from Arabic and borrowing much from the Persian language, it is today an important part of the cultures of Pakistan and India. ..

List of the Urdu poets

13th century

• Amir Khusro (1253–1325)

16th century

• Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611), wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi

17th century

• Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
• Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu (1687-1756)
• Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)

18th century

• Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
• Siraj Aurangabadi (1715–1763)
• Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
• Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
• Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
• Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756-1817)
• Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862)
• Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838)
• Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854)
• Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869)

19th century

• Momin Khan Momin Momin (1801–1852)
• Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali) Dabeer (1803–1875)
• Mir Babar Ali Anis Anis (1803–1874)
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (1811–1845)
• Amir Meenai (1828–1900)
• Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan) Daagh (1831–1905)
• Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati) Hali (1837–1914)
• Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain)Akbar (1846–1921)
• Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem)Shorish (1917-1975)
• Naeem Hashmi (1919-1976)
• Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) Bekhud (1857–1912)
• Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani) (1857–1914)
• Muztar Khairabadi (1862-1927)
• Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
• Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain) Hasrat (1875–1951)
• Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan) Dil (1875-1959)
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) Iqbal (1877-1938)
• Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan) Fani (1879–1941)
• Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
• Brij Narayan Chakbast, (1882–1926)
• Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882-1966)
• Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
• Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883-1976)
• Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
• Qamar Jalalvi (1887-1968)
• Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar) Jigar (1890–1960)
• Mustafa Raza Khan, Noori (1892–1981)
• Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)
• Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893-1969)
• Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan) Josh (1894–1982)
• Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar Jauhar (1895- 1985)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927)
• Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897-1973)
• Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897-1970)

1900

• Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982)
• Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900-1988)
• Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
• Alam Muzaffarnagari(Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
• Bismil Saeedi (1901-1977)
• Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
• Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
• Zaheen Shah Taji (1902-1978)
• Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
• Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
• Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
• Gopal Mittal (1906-1993)
• Ratan Pandoravi Rala Ram 'Ratan' (1907-1998)
• Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
• Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
• Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955)
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri Lisan ul Mulk(1909-1985)

1910

• Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (1911–1984)
• Aijaz Siddiqi (1911–1978)
• Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (1911–1971)
• Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
• Meeraji (1912–1949)
• Shifa Gwaliori (1912-1968)
• Shamim Karhani (1913–1975)
• Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
• Dr. Rafiq Hussain (1913–1990)
• Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
• Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
• Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
• Ehsan Danish (1914–1982)
• Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
• Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
• Sikandar Ali Wajd (1914–1983)
• Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996)
• Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006)
• Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
• Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
• Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917-1999)
• Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
• Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
• Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
• Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
• Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
• Masud Husain Khan (1919-2010)

1920

• Ada Jafarey (1924–)
• Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1920's-)
• Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921-1972)
• Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
• Krishan Mohan,Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922-2004)
• Wazir Agha,(1922-2010)
• Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924-1981)
• Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
• Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
• Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927-2012)
• Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
• Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
• Naeem Hashmi, (1919-2076)
• Sagar Siddiqui, (1928-1974)
• Shabnam Romani,Shabnam (1928–2009)
• Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
• Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
• Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
• Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
• Mazhar Imam (1928-2012)
• Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)

1930

• Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930-1993)
• Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
• Jon Elia (1931–2003)
• Satyapal Anand (1931)
• Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
• Zafar Iqbal (1932)
• Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
• Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
• Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
• Muzaffar Warsi (1933-2011)
• Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
• Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
• Sudarshan Faakir (1934-2008)
• Murtaza Birlas (1934)
• Mohsin Zaidi (1935-2003)
• Anwar Masood (1935)
• Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
• Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936-2012)
• Gulzar (1936)
• Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937-2004)
• Nida Fazli (1938)
• Dr.Najmul Hoda (1938)
• Makhmoor Saeedi (1938-2010)
• Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938-2011)
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
• Allama Talib Jauhari (1939- )

1940

• Mahmood Shaam (1940)
• Kishwar Naheed (1940)
• Jazib Qureshi (1940)
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
• Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
• Akhtar Raza Khan (1943)
• Iftikhar Arif (1943)
• Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
• Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
• Bashir Badr (1945)
• Javed Akhtar (1945)
• Anwer Zahidi (1946)
• Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
• Shamim Hashimi (1947)
• Saleem Kausar (1947)
• Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948-2002)
• Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
• Tanwir Phool (1948)
• Fehmida Riaz (1948)

1950

• Rahat Indori (1950)
• Zahid Abrol (1950)
• Jamal Ehsani (1951-1998)
• Ashfaq Hussain (1951)
• Ehsan Sehgal (1951)
• Haider Qureshi (1952]
• Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
• Kazim Jarwali (1955)
• Paigham Afaqui (1956)
• Noon Meem Danish (1958)

1960

• Samina Raja (1961)
• Khurshid Eqbal (1962)
• Raees Warsi (1963)
• Noshi Gilani (1964)
• Sabih Rehmani (1965)
• Harris Khalique (1966)
• Saeed Khan (1966)
• Idris Azad (1969)
• Fareed Parbati (1961)

1970

• Ubaid Azam Azmi (1970)
• Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
• Irfan Nasirabadi(1975)
• Sarim Momin (1978)
• Irshad Kamil (1971)
• Farhan Akhtar (1974)

1980

• Aseem Ahmed Abbasee (1981)