List of Urdu poets explained

The following is a List of Urdu-language poets.

13th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Amir Khusro			(1253–1325)	Tuhfat-us-Sigh
Bande Nawaz			(1321–1442)
Kabir			(15th century)

16th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali			1518 – 5 June 1580
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana			(1556 – 1627)	Wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ali Adil Shah I			1558–1579
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah			(1565–1611)	Kulliyat-e-Quli Qutub Shah wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi
Ibrahim Adil Shah II			1571 – 12 September 1627
Chandar Bhan Brahman			unknown – 1662	Brahman was appointed as court chronicler and he was give responsibility for maintaining Shah Jahan's personal diary. He wrote a memoir Chahar Chaman

17th century

Poet	Image	Pen Name	Era	Work
Nusrati			(died 1674)
Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil Dehlavi		Bedil	(1642-1720)
Wali Muhammad Wali		Wali Deccani	(1667–1707)
Shah Mubarak Abroo			(1683–1733)
Siraj-ud-Din Ali Khan Arzu		Arzu	(1687–1756)	Mehr-o-Mah, Guka-ri-Kayal
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan		Jan-e-Janaan	(1699–1781)	Majmua-Urdu-Ashaar

18th century

• Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
• Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763)
• Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799)
• Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
• Qayem Chandpuri, Muhammad Qyamuddin Ali Qayem (1722–1793)
• Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
• Nazeer Akbarabadi, Nazeer (1740–1830)
• Qalandar Bakhsh Jurat, Jurat (1748–1810)
• Mashafi Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani, Mas'hafi (1750–1824)
• Insha Allah Khan 'Insha', Insha (1756–1817)
• Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835)
• 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)
• Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Ghulam Hussain (1780–1848)

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, Amir (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)
• Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi), Raza (1856–1921)
• Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi (Maulana Hassan Raza Khan Barelvi), Hassan (1859-1908)
• Bekhud Badayuni (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui), Bekhud (1857–1912)
• Shibli Nomani (Allama Shibli Nomani). Shibli (1857–1914)
• Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927)
• Alam (1868–1937)
• Zaigham (d. 1869)
• Tashna (1872–1931)
• Zafar Ali Khan (1873–1956)
• Arzoo Lakhnavi (1873–1951)
• Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang (1875–1952)
• Hasrat Mohani (Syed Fazlul Hussain), Hasrat (1875–1951)
• Dil Shahjahanpuri (Zameer Hasan Khan), Dil (1875–1959)
• Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), Iqbal (1877–1938)
• Mohammad Ali Jauhar (Maulana Jauhar), Jauhar (1878-1931)
• Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan), Fani (1879–1941)
• Seemab Akbarabadi (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)
• Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
• Bekhud Dehlvi (Syed Wahiduddin Ahmed) (1882–1955)
• Niaz Fatehpuri (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882–1966)
• Yagana Changezi (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) Yaas (1883–1956)
• Josh Malsiyani (Labhu Ram) Josh (1883–1976)
• Asghar Gondvi (Asghar Hussain Asghar), Asghar (1884-1936)
• Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
• Qamar Jalalvi (1887–1968)
• Amjad Hyderabadi (Amjad Hussain), Amjad (1888-1961)
• Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar), Jigar (1890–1960)
• 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)
• Abr Ahasani Gunnauri (Ahmed Baksh) Abr (1897–1973)
• Munavvar Lakhnavi Bisheshwar Prasad Munavvar (1897–1970)
• Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 19321990)

1900

• Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (1900–1966)
• Hafeez Jalandhari (Mohd.Hafeez), Hafeez (1900–1982)
• Talib Chakwali Manohar Lal Kapur ‘Talib’ (1900–1988)
• Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
• Alam Muzaffarnagari (Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)
• Bismil Saeedi (1901–1977)
• Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
• Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
• Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978)
• Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973)
• Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975)
• Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)
• Saghar Nizami (1905–1984)
• Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971)
• Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
• Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), Ratan (1907–1998)
• Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969)
• Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
• Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), Majaz (1909–1955)
• Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981)
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985)
• Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

1910

• Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Faiz (1911–1984)
• Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah (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)
• Raza Naqvi Wahi (1914–2002)
• Mir Gul Khan Nasir (1914–1983)
• Rais Amrohvi (1914–1988)
• 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)
• Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975)
• Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
• Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
• Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
• Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
• Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987)
• Naeem Hashmi (1919–1976)
• Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919–2000)
• Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
• Qateel Shifai, Qateel (1919–2001)
• Masud Husain Khan (1919–2010)

1920

• Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972)
• Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
• Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004)
• Wazir Agha (1922–2010)
• Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970)
• Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981)
• Ada Jafri (1924–)
• Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972)
• Bekas Akbarabadi, M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011)
• Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992)
• Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926)
• Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
• Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
• Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978)
• Bekal Utsahi (1928–2016)
• Sagar Siddiqui (1928–1974)
• Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1928–1966)
• Habib Jalib (1928–1993)
• Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
• Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
• Shabnam Romani, Shabnam (1928–2009)
• Mazhar Imam (1928–2012)
• Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993)
• Dilawar Figar (1929-1998)

1930

• Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
• Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008)
• Jon Elia (1931–2003)
• Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
• Satyapal Anand (1931)
• Syed Amin Ashraf (1931)
• Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
• Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981)
• Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007)
• Sardar Panchhi (1932)
• Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011)
• Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933)
• Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996)
• Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
• Murtaza Birlas (1934)
• Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003)
• Anwar Masood (1935)
• Bashar Nawaz (1935-2015)
• Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936)
• Adil Mansuri (1936–2009)
• Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012)
• Gulzar (1936)
• Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937)
• Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004)
• Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
• Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010)
• Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011)
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997)
• Allama Talib Jauhari (1939–)

1940

• Mahmood Shaam (1940)
• Kishwar Naheed (1940)
• Jazib Qureshi (1940)
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941)
• Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942)
• Iftikhar Arif (1943)
• Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014)
• Amjad Islam Amjad (1944)
• Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999)
• Bashir Badr (1945)
• Javed Akhtar (1945)
• Anwer Zahidi (1946)
• Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946)
• Shamim Hashimi (1947)
• Saleem Kausar (1947)
• Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996)
• Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002)
• Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948)
• Fehmida Riaz (1948)
• Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009)
• Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020)

1950

• Rahat Indori (1950–2020)
• Zahid Abrol (1950)
• Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998)
• Ashfaq Hussain (1951–)
• Haider Qureshi (1952–)
• Munawwar Rana (1952–)
• Parveen Shakir (1952–1994)
• Abdul Hamid (1953–)
• Sara Shagufta (1954–1984)
• Kazim Jarwali (1955–)
• Sibt-e-Jaafar Zaidi (1957-2013)
• Noon Meem Danish (1958–)
• Salma Shaheen (1954)

1960

• Fareed Parbati (1961)
• Samina Raja (1961)
• Anjum Rehbar (1962)
• Zahida Hina (1962–)
• Raees Warsi (1963)
• Zulfiqar Naqvi (1965)
• Harris Khalique (1966)
• Idris Azad (1969)
• Riaz Tasneem (1969)

1970

• Irshad Kamil (1971)
• Akhtar Raza Saleemi (1974)
• Ali Akbar Natiq (1974)
• Sarim Momin (1978)

Non-Muslim Urdu poets

• Maharaja Chandu Lal Sadan (1766 – 1845)
• Mah Laqa Bai (1768-1824)
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845)
• Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad, Shad (1864-1940)
• Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi (1866 – 1955)
• Brij Narayan Chakbast (1882–1926)
• Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887–1966)
• Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay) Firaq (1896–1982)
• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927)
• Pandit Harichand Akhtar ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)
• Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997)
• Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)
• Gopal Mittal (1906–1993)
• Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram) Ratan (1907–1998)
• Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)
• Sahir Hoshiarpuri (1913–1994)
• Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (1913–1986)
• Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999)
• Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004)
• Bhupendra Nath Kaushik (1924 – 2007)
• Krishna Kumar Sharma (1924–2001)
• Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012)
• Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969)
• Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993)
• Satyapal Anand (1931)
• Raj Pathria (1933)
• Dushyant Kumar (1933–1975)
• Rajendar Nath Rehbar (1931)
• Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008)
• Mohinder Pratap Chand (1935)
• Jayant Parmer (1954)

20th century

• Mashal Sultanpuri (1937 – October 2020)
• Meena Kumari (1 August 1933 - 31 March 1972)

Contemporary poets

• Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (b. 1978)

Poets with unknown dates of birth

• Saleem Kausar,
• Shahin Badar,
• Siraj Aurangabadi,
• Ziauddin Ahmad,
• Sadhu Singh Hamdard
  • Qamar Jalalabadi Kanwal Ziai

Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth

• Kaif Bhopali
• Sayeed Quadri
• Khalid Irfan
• Kashmiri Lal Zakir

See also

• List of Pakistani poets
• List of Urdu-language writers