Title: List of Urdu-language poets Content: Below is a list of Urdu Poets. ==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) (1882-1966) *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) *Matin Niazi (1913-1993) ==1900s== *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) ==1910s== *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) ==1920s== *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) ==1930s== *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) ==1940s== *Kishwar Naheed (1940) *Jazib Qureshi (1940) *Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941) *Syed Shakeel Desnavi(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) ==1950s== *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) ==1960s== *Samina Raja (1961) *Raees Warsi (1963) *Noshi Gilani (1964) *Sabih Rehmani (1965) *Saeed Khan (1966) *Idris Azad (1969) *Rafiq Sandeelvi (1961) *Rasheed Hasrat (1962) ==1970s== *Murad Jaipuri (Tuhin Kanti Nag) Murad (1974) *Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974) *Sarim Momin (1978) * Nitya Prakash (1988) ==Contemporary poets with unknown date of birth== *Kaif Bhopali *Rahi Masoom Raza *Tanveer Sipra *Tehzeeb Haafi Qaisrani * Category:Lists of poets Urdu Category:Lists of Indian people