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The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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Amir Khusro | (1253–1325) | Tuhfat-us-Sigh | ||
Bande Nawaz | (1321–1442) | |||
Kabir | (15th century) |
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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Meera | Mira Bai | 1498 |
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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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 | ||
Poet | Image | Pen Name | Era | Work |
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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 |
A shayar is a poet who composes sher in Urdu, Hindi, or Persian. Commonly, a shayar is someone who writes ghazals, nazms using the Urdu language.