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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
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]
Mirza Muhammad Rafi , Sauda (1713–1780)
Siraj Aurangabadi , Siraj (1715–1763)
Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi , Soz (1720-1799)
Khwaja Mir Dard , Dard (1721–1785)
Qayem Chandpuri , Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
Mir Taqi Mir , Mir (1723–1810)
Nazeer Akbarabadi , Nazeer (1740–1830)
Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat , Jurat (1748–1810)
Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani , Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
Insha Allah Khan 'Insha' , Insha (1756–1817)
Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin , Rangin (1757–1835)
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 , Amir (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)
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), Raza (1856–1921)
Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), Bekhud (1857–1912)
Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani). Shibli (1857–1914)
Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
Zaigham (d. 1869)
Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
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)
Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), Asghar (1884-1936)
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), Amjad (1888-1961)
Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar), Jigar (1890–1960)
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)
Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 1932–1990)
1900
Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), 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)
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
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), Majaz (1909–1955)
Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri , Lisan ul Mulk (1909–1985)
Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar , Sahar (1909-1998)
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)
Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
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)
Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
Khumar Barabankvi , Khumar (1919–1999)
Qateel Shifai , Qateel (1919–2001)
Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)
1920
Salaam Machhalishahari , Salaam (1921–1972)
Sahir Ludhianvi , Sahir (1921–1980)
Krishan Mohan , Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
Wazir Agha (1922–2010)
Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
Nazish Pratapgarhi , Nazish (1924–1981)
Ada Jafri (1924–)
Nasir Kazmi , Nasir (1925–1972)
Bekas Akbarabadi , M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)
Himayat Ali Shair , Shair (1926)
Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
Ibn-e-Insha , Insha (1927–1978)
Bekal Utsahi (1928–2016)
Sagar Siddiqui (1928–1974)
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
Shabnam Romani , Shabnam (1928–2009)
Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)
1930
1940
Mahmood Shaam (1940)
Kishwar Naheed (1940)
Jazib Qureshi (1940)
Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
Iftikhar Arif (1943)
Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
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)
Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996)
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi , Sha'oor (1948–2002)
Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
Fehmida Riaz (1948)
Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)
1950
1960
1970
Non-Muslim Urdu poets
Meera , Mira Bai (c. 1498)
Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 – 1845)
Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad , Shad (1864-1940)
Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 – 1955)
Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007)
Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
Satyapal Anand (1931)
Raj Pathria (1933)
Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975)
Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
Jayant Parmer (1954)
20th century
Contemporary poets
Poets with unknown dates of birth
Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth
See also
List of Pakistani poets
List of Urdu language writers
References
^ Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.
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