List of Urdu-language poets

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)

*Dr Matin Niazi (1913-1993)==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)

## 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)
*DR MATIN NAIZI (1913-1993)

## 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