Poet Profiles
Explore Urdu poets with biographies, poetry collections, quotes, audio and reader-friendly profiles.
نظیر اکبرآبادی
Nazir Akbarabadi
A people’s poet who wrote about everyday life.
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حسرت موہانی
Hasrat Mohani
A poet of ghazal, love and freedom.
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الطاف حسین حالی
Altaf Hussain Hali
A reformist poet and important figure in modern Urdu criticism.
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اکبر الہ آبادی
Akbar Allahabadi
A satirical poet with sharp social observation.
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داغ دہلوی
Dagh Dehlvi
Known for graceful diction, romance and ghazal craft.
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بہادر شاہ ظفر
Bahadur Shah Zafar
The last Mughal emperor and poet of exile, longing and loss.
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میر تقی میر
Mir Taqi Mir
Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan, a master of emotional classical ghazal.
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مرزا غالب
Mirza Ghalib
A major classical Urdu poet known for philosophical ghazals.
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