List of Urdu poets

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The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.

13th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Amir Khusro Amir Khusro.jpg (1253–1325)Tuhfat-us-Sigh
Bande Nawaz Amir Khusro.jpg (1321–1442)
Kabir Kabir004.jpg (15th century)

15th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Meera Meerabai painting.jpg Mira Bai1498

16th century

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali 1518 – 5 June 1580
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana Young Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana being received by Akbar, Akbarnama.jpg (1556 – 1627)Wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ali Adil Shah I Aliadilshah.jpg 1558–1579
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah portrait.JPG (1565–1611)Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ibrahim Adil Shah II Ibrahim Adil Shah II Sultan of Bijapur.jpg 1571 – 12 September 1627
Chandar Bhan Brahman unknown – 1662Brahman 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

PoetImagePen NameEraWork
Nusrati Nusrati.jpg (died 1674)
Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlavi Bedil(1642-1720)
Wali Muhammad Wali

Wali Mohammed Wali New.svg

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 janani.png

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. Mushafi-ghulam-hamdani.png
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.

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

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References

  1. Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.