*#list_of_urdu_language_poets* -------------------------------------- Below is the list of Urdu Poets. They are sorted by their birth years. #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) -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) -Ahmad Raza Khan (1856–1921) -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) -Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) Iqbal (1873-1938) -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) (1882-19 -Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) -Yaas (1883–1956) -Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966) -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) 1900 -Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982) -Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958) -Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad -Ishaaq) (1901–1969) -Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal -Kalia) (1902–1988) -Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997) -Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973) -Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948) -Saghar Nizami (1905–1984) -Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969) -Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) -Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955) -Zaheen Shah Taji (1902-1978) 1910 -Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975) -Faiz Ahmad Faiz , Faiz (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) -Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004) -Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002) -Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000) -Khumar Barabankvi , Khumar (1919–1999) -Qateel Shifai , Qateel (1919–2001) 1920 -Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921-1972) -Sahir Ludhianvi , Sahir (1921–1980) -Wazir Agha,(1922-2010) -Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924-1981) -Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972) -Himayat Ali Shair , Shair (1926) -Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969) -Ibn-e-Insha , Insha (1927–1978) -Shabnam Romani, Shabnam (1928–2009) -Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966) -Munir Niazi (1928–2006) -Habib Jalib (1928–1993) -Dilawar Figar (1928–1998) 1930 -Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970) -Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008) -Jon Elia (1931–2003) -Satyapal Anand (1931) -Zafar Iqbal (1932) -Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966) -Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999) -Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007) -Muzaffar Warsi (1933-2011) -Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996) -Sudarshan Faakir (1934-2008) -Murtaza Birlas (1934) -Anwar Masood (1935) -Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936) -Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936-2012) -Gulzar (1936) -Zarina Sani (1937–1982) -Nida Fazli (1938) -Dr.Najmul Hoda (1938) -Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938-2011) -Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997) -Allama Talib Jauhari (1939- ) -Ghulam Ghous Gham (1931-2007) 1940 -Kishwar Naheed (1940) -Jazib Qureshi (1940) -Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941) -Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942) -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) -Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948) -Tanwir Phool (1948) -Fehmida Riaz (1948) 1950 -Rahat Indori (1950) -Muslim Saleem (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) -Rashid Sandeelvi (1959) 1960 -Samina Raja (1961) -Raees Warsi (1963) -Noshi Gilani (1964) -Sabih Rehmani (1965) -Saeed Khan (1966) -Idris Azad (1969) -Rafiq Sandeelvi (1961) 1970 -Rehmat Aziz Chitrali (1970) -Murad Jaipuri (Tuhin Kanti Nag) Murad (1974) -Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974) -Sarim Momin (1978) -Nitya Prakash (1988)