List of Urdu language poets
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Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the takhallus, or nom de plume, is mentioned in italics after the name.
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Chronologically, Urdu poets have included:
- Quli Qutub Shah (1565 - 1611)
- Wali Deccani, Wali (1635 - 1707)
- Mirza Jan-i-Janan Mazhar (1699 - 1781)
- Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713 - 1780)
- Siraj Aurangabadi (1715 - 1763)
- Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721 - 1785)
- Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723 - 1810)
- Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi (1725 - 1824)
- Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740 - 1830)
- Inshallah Khan Insha, Insha (1757 - 1817)
- Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778 - 1846)
- Iman Baksh Nasikh (1787 - 1838)
- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797 - 1869)
- Hakim Momin Khan Momin, Momin (1801 - 1852)
- Mir Babar Ali Anis, Anis (1802 - 1874)
- Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir, Dabir (1803 - 1875)
- Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehelwi, Dagh (1831 - 1905)
- Mohammad Husain Azad, Azad (1830 - 1910)
- Altaf Husain Hali, Hali (1837 - 1914)
- Syed Akbar Hussain Akbar Allahabadi, Akbar Allahabadi (1846 - 1921)
- Hasrat Mohani, Hasrat (1875 - 1952)
- Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal (1877 - 1938)
- Pandit Brij Narayan Chakbast, Chakbast (1882 - 1926)
- Josh Malihabadi, Josh (1898 - 1982)
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911 - 1984)
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin (1908 - 1969)
- Noon Meem Rashid (1905 - 1975)
- Majaz Lucknawi (1909 - 1955)
- Ali Sardar Jafri (b.1913)
- Ahsan Danish, Danish (1914 - 1982)
- Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (b.1916)
- Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916 - 1999; see also [1])
- Shakeel Badayuni (1916 - 1970)
- Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917 - 2005)
- Kaifi Azmi (1918 - 2002)
- Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919 - 2001)
- Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921 - 1980)
- Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925 - 1972)
- Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927 - 1978)
- Jon Elia (1931 - 2003)
- Ahmed Faraz, Faraz (b.1931)
- Shakeb Jalali (1932 - 1966)
- Adil Mansuri (b.1936)
- Syed Sibi-i-Ali Saba (1941 - 1980)
- Javed Akhtar (b.1945)
- Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (b.1948)
- Liaquat Ali Asim (b.1951)
- Tahir Aslam Gora (b.1963)
- Syed Ali Naqvi, Turaab (b.1969)
Other major poets are:
- Ustad Zauq, Zauq
- Qabil Ajmeri, Qabil
- Dilawar Figar, Dilawar
- Jan Nisar Akhtar Jan Nisar
- Iftikhar Arif
- Zafar Iqbal
- Waheed Ahmed
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