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This is a list of Urdu language poets, arranged by date of birth. The italic text after the poet's
name is their takhallus, or nom de plume.

Contents

1 13th century
2 16th century

3 17th century

4 18th century

5 19th century

6 1900

7 1910

8 1920

9 1930

10 1940

11 1950

12 1960

13 1970

14 Contemporary poets with unknown date of birth

15 See also

16 References

13th century

Amir Khusro (12531325)

16th century

Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah (15651611), wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in
Hindavi

17th century

Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (16671707)

Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (16991781)

18th century

Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (17131780)

Siraj Aurangabadi (17151763)

Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (17211785)

Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (17231810)

Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (17401830)

Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756-1817)

Bahadur Shah, Zafar (17751862)

Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (17761838)

Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (17781846)

Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (17891854)

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (17971869)

19th century

Momin Khan Momin Momin (18011852)

Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (Mirza Salaamat Ali) Dabeer (18031875)

Mir Babar Ali Anis Anis (18031874)

Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim, (18111845)

Amir Meenai (18281900)

Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan) Daagh (18311905)

Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati) Hali (18371914)

Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain)Akbar (18461921)

Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem)Shorish (1917-1975)

Naeem Hashmi (1919-1976)

Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) Bekhud (18571912)

Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani) (18571914)

Muztar Khairabadi (1862-1927)

Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (18751952)

Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain) Hasrat (18751951)

Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan) Dil (1875-1959)

Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal) Iqbal (1877-1938)

Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan) Fani (18791941)

Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (18821951)

Brij Narayan Chakbast, (18821926)

Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882-1966)

Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (18831956)

Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883-1976)

Tilok Chand Mehroom (18871966)

Qamar Jalalvi (1887-1968)

Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar) Jigar (18901960)

Mustafa Raza Khan, Noori (18921981)

Raaz Chandpuri (Mohd. Sadiq) (18921969)

Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893-1969)

Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan) Josh (18941982)

Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar Jauhar (1895- 1985)

Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (18961982)

Ram Prasad Bismil (1897-1927)

Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897-1973)

Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897-1970)

1900

Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez) (19001982)

Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur Talib (1900-1988)

Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (19011958)

Alam Muzaffarnagari(Muhammad Ishaaq) (19011969)

Bismil Saeedi (1901-1977)

Khushtar Girami(Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (19021988)

Anand Narain Mulla (19011997)

Zaheen Shah Taji (1902-1978)

Syed Sajjad Zaheer (19041973)

Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (19051948)

Saghar Nizami (19051984)

Gopal Mittal (1906-1993)

Ratan Pandoravi Rala Ram 'Ratan' (1907-1998)

Makhdum Muhiuddin (19081969)

Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (19081979)

Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq) (19091955)

Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri Lisan ul Mulk(1909-1985)

1910

Noon Meem Rashid (19101975)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (19111984)

Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (19111984)

Aijaz Siddiqi (19111978)

Ravish Siddiqi (Ravish) (19111971)

Nushoor Wahidi (19111981)

Meeraji (19121949)

Shifa Gwaliori (1912-1968)

Shamim Karhani (19131975)

Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (19131986)

Dr. Rafiq Hussain (19131990)

Sahir Hoshiarpuri (19131994)

Ali Sardar Jafri (19132000)

Mir Gul Khan Nasir (19141983)

Ehsan Danish (19141982)

Jan Nisar Akhtar (19141976)

Majeed Amjad (19141974)

Sikandar Ali Wajd (19141983)

Akhtar ul Iman (19151996)

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (19162006)

Zamir Jafri, Zamir (19161999)

Shakeel Badayuni (19161970)

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (19172005)

Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917-1999)

Jagan Nath Azad (19182004)

Kaifi Azmi (19182002)

Majrooh Sultanpuri (19192000)

Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (19191999)

Qateel Shifai, Qateel (19192001)

1920

Ada Jafarey (1924)

Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1920's-)

Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921-1972)

Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (19211980)

Krishan Mohan,Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922-2004)

Wazir Agha,(1922-2010)

Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924-1981)

Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (19251972)

Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)

Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927-2012)

Naresh Kumar Shad (19271969)

Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (19271978)

Naeem Hashmi, (1919-2076)

Sagar Siddiqui, (1928-1974)

Shabnam Romani,Shabnam (19282009)

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (19281966)

Munir Niazi (19282006)

Habib Jalib (19281993)

Dilawar Figar (19281998)

Mazhar Imam (1928-2012)

Wasif Ali Wasif (19291993)

1930

Mustafa Zaidi (19301970)

Harbans Bhalla (1930-1993)

Ahmad Faraz (19312008)

Jon Elia (19312003)

Satyapal Anand (1931)

Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)

Zafar Iqbal (1932)

Shakeb Jalali (19321966)

Syed Al-e-Ahmad (19321999)

Mohsin Bhopali (19322007)

Muzaffar Warsi (1933-2011)

Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)

Waheed Akhtar (19341996)

Sudarshan Faakir (1934-2008)

Murtaza Birlas (1934)

Mohsin Zaidi (1935-2003)

Anwar Masood (1935)

Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)

Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936-2012)

Gulzar (1936)

Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937-2004)

Nida Fazli (1938)

Dr.Najmul Hoda (1938)

Makhmoor Saeedi (1938-2010)

Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938-2011)

Obaidullah Aleem (19391997)

Allama Talib Jauhari (1939- )

1940

Mahmood Shaam (1940)

Kishwar Naheed (1940)

Jazib Qureshi (1940)

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)

Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)

Akhtar Raza Khan (1943)

Iftikhar Arif (1943)

[ Mirza Rafeeq Shakir]SHAKIR(1943-2012)

Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)

Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (19441999)

Bashir Badr (1945)

Javed Akhtar (1945)

Anwer Zahidi (1946)

Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)

Shamim Hashimi (1947)

Saleem Kausar (1947)

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 (19521994)

Kazim Jarwali (1955)

Paigham Afaqui (1956)

Noon Meem Danish (1958)

1960

Samina Raja (1961)

Khurshid Eqbal (1962)

Raees Warsi (1963)

Noshi Gilani (1964)

Sabih rehmani (1965)

Harris Khalique (1966)

Saeed Khan (1966)

Idris Azad (1969)

Fareed Parbati (1961)

1970

Ubaid Azam Azmi (1970)

Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)

Sarim Momin (1978)

Contemporary poets with unknown date of birth

Kaif Bhopali
Rahi Masoom Raza

Tanveer Sipra

Munawwar Rana

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

See also

List of Pakistani poets

List of Urdu language writers

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