List of Urdu poets

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)

15th century Poet Image Pen Name Era Work Meera Mira Bai 1498

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 HindaviIbrahim 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 WorkNusrati(died 1674)Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil DehlaviBedil(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) Fidvi Lahori, Fidvi (1729–1780) 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) Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish, Atish (1764 –1846) Mah Laqa Bai (1768 – 1824) Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin, Rangin (1757–1835) Bahadur Shah, Zafar (1775–1862) Imam Baksh Nasikh, Nasikh (1776–1838) Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854) Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869) Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (1797–1861) 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) Agha Hasan Amanat Amanat (1815 – 1858) Amir Meenai, Amir (1828–1900) Muhammad Husain Azad (1830 – 1910) Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan), Daagh (1831–1905) Aasi Ghazipuri (1834 – 1917) Altaf Hussain Hali (Hali Panipati), Hali (1837–1914) Akbar Allahabadi (Syed Akbar Hussain), Akbar (1846–1921) Shad Azimabadi (1846 – 1927) Fuzail Ahmad Nasiri (1849– 1933) Imdad Imam Asar (1849– 1933) 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) Abdul Ghafoor Shahbaz (1857–1908) Muztar Khairabadi (1862–1927) Alam (1868–1937) Zaigham (d. 1869) Saqib Lakhnavi (1869–1946) 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) Khwaja Muhammad Afzal (1875–1940) 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) Asar Lakhnavi Asar (1885–1967) Abdur Rahman Bijnori (1885 – 1918) Natiq Gulaothi (1886 – 1969) 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) Zamin Ali, Zamin (1893–1955) Najm Afandi (1893–1975) Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969) Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hassan Khan), Josh (1894–1982) Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar, Jauhar (1895– 1985) Hamid Ullah Afsar (1895 – 1974) 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) Ahmaq Phaphoondvi (1895-1957) Josh Malihabadi (1898 – 1982) Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1899 – 1978) 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) Bismil Azimabadi (1901–1978) Khushtar Girami (Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988) Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997) Muhammad Din Taseer (1902 – 1950) Zaheen Shah Taji (1902–1978) Syed Sajjad Zaheer (1904–1973) Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari (1904–1975) Chiragh Hasan Hasrat (1904 – 1955) Majnun Gorakhpuri (1904 – 1988) Akhtar Sheerani (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948) Saghar Nizami (1905–1984) Syed Barkatullah Barkat (1905 – 1979) Baqi Siddiqui (1905 – 1972) Abid Ali Abid (1906–1971) Gopal Mittal (1906–1993) Mahir ul Qadri (1906–1978) Ratan Pandoravi (Rala Ram), Ratan (1907–1998) Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969) Arsh Malsiani (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979) Noor-us-Sabah (1908–1978) Manju Qamaraidullāhī (1908–1983) Agha Jani Kashmiri (1908–1998) Majaz (Asrar-ul-Haq), Majaz (1909–1955) Abdul Hamid Adam (1909–1981) Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar (1909 – 1992) Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Lisan ul Mulk(1909–1985) Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar, Sahar (1909-1998)

1910 Abdul Hameed Adam (1910–1981) Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975) Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi (1910 – 1987) Talib Dehlavi (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) Sohail Azimabadi (1911 – 1979) Ale Ahmad Suroor (1911-2002) Majaz Lakhnawi (1911 – 1955) Meeraji (1912–1949) Shifa Gwaliori (1912–1968) Moin Ahsan Jazbi (1912–2005) 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) Tanha Ansari (1914 – 1969) Qayyum Nazar (1914 – 1989) Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1915 – 1966) Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996) Alys Faiz (1915 – 2003) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, Nadeem (1916–2006) Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999) Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970) Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1916 – 2006) Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916 – 2004) Agha Shorish Kashmiri (Agha Abdul Kareem) Shorish (1917–1975) Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005) Rishi Patialvi (Bam Dev Sharma) Rishi (1917–1999) Kaif Bhopali (1917 – 1991) Qamar Jalalabadi (1917 – 2003) Jagan Nath Azad (1918–2004) Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002) Fikr Taunsvi (1918-1987) Kamal Amrohi (1918-1993) Faruk Kaiser (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) Mukhtar Siddiqui (1919–1972)

1920 S. H. Bihari(1920–1987) Kalim Ajiz (1920 – 2015) Lala Sehrai (1920 – 2000) Salaam Machhalishahari, Salaam (1921–1972) Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980) Asad Bhopali (1921 – 1990) Krishan Mohan, Krishan Lal Krishan Mohan (1922–2004) Wazir Agha (1922–2010) Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1970) Sulaiman Khateeb (1922–1978) Hasrat Jaipuri (1922–1999) Mian Bashir Ahmed (1923 – 2021) Nusrat Zaidi (1923 – 2020) Munir Niazi (1923 – 2006) Ajmal Sultanpuri (1923 – 2020) Nazish Pratapgarhi, Nazish (1924–1981) Ada Jafri (1924–2015) Shaukat Pardesi (1924 – 1995) Nasir Kazmi, Nasir (1925–1972) Bekas Akbarabadi, M.G Gupta wrote Urdu anthology, Rahat-i-Ruh (2004),(1925–2011) Rahi Masoom Raza (1925–1992) Saqi Amrohvi (1925–2005) Himayat Ali Shair, Shair (1926–2019) Gulzar Dehlvi (1926 – 2020) Kanwal Ziai Hardayal Singh Datta (1927–2012) Naresh Kumar Shad (1927–1969) Khadija Mastoor (1927–1982) Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927–1978) Mohammad Alvi (1927 – 2018) Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (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) Kaleem Usmani (1928–2000) Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993) Dilawar Figar (1929–1998) Talib Jauhari (1929–2020) Malikzada Manzoor Ahmad (1929 – 2016) Khamakha Hyderabadi (1929–2017)

1930 Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970) Harbans Bhalla (1930–1993) Syed Amin Ashraf (1930–2013) Ahmad Faraz (1931–2008) Jaun Elia (1931–2003) Rajindar Nath Rehbar (1931–2022) Satyapal Anand (1931–2025) Aziz Qaisi (1931–1992) Mustafa Rahi (1931–1986) Sahir Lakhnavi (1931–2019) Ahmar Lari (1932–2011) Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966) Rajinder Manchanda Bani Bani (1932–1981) Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007) Sardar Panchhi (1932) Abdur Rauf Urooj (c. 19321990) Saida Sherif (1932 – 2023) Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi (1932–2008) Zafar Iqbal (1932) Meena Kumari (1933 - 1972) Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011) Syed Waheed Ashraf (1933) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1933 – 2024) Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996) Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008) Murtaza Birlas (1934) Gulzar (1934) Mohsin Zaidi (1935–2003) Anwar Masood (1935) Bashar Nawaz (1935–2015) Bashir Badr (1935–2026) Zehra Nigah (1935) Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935 – 2020) Aftab Iqbal Shamim (1936–2024) Adil Mansuri (1936–2009) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (Shahryar) (1936–2012) Baqar Naqvi (1936–2019) C. M. Naim (1936–2025) Shahzad A. Rizvi (1937) Unwan Chishti Iftikharul Hasan Unwan (1937–2004) Nida Fazli (1938–2016) Makhmoor Saeedi (1938–2010) Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011) Zaitoon Bano (1938 – 2021) Rafiuddin Raz (1938) Sarfraz Shahid (1938 – 2021) Khawar Rizvi (1938 – 1981) Sultana Meher (1938) Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997) Atta Shad (1939–1997) Nisar Nasik (1939–2019) Anis Nagi (1939–2019)

1940 Mahmood Shaam (1940) Kishwar Naheed (1940) Jazib Qureshi (1940) Muzaffar Ahmad Lari (1940) Wasim Barelvi (1940) Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941) Pagal Adilabadi (1941 – 2007) Riaz ur Rehman Saghar (1941 – 2013) Ahfaz ur Rahman (1942) Shabnam Shakeel (1942 – 2013) Khalid Ahmad (1943) Iftikhar Arif (1943) Shamim Farooqui (1943–2014) Pirzada Qasim (1943) Amir Qazalbash (1943–2003) Hasan Kamal (1943) Amjad Islam Amjad (1944) Ghulam Muhammad Qasir, Qasir (1944–1999) Zameer Akhtar Naqvi (1944-2020) Javed Akhtar (1945) Naseer Turabi (1945 – 2021) Sheen Kaaf Nizam (1946) Anwer Zahidi (1946) Afzal Ahmed Syed (1946) Adeem Hashmi (1946 – 2001) Shamim Hashimi (1947) Saleem Kausar (1947) Mohsin Naqvi (1947-1996) Hakim Nasir (1947-2007) Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Sha'oor(1948–2002) Muhammad Izhar ul Haq (1948) Fehmida Riaz (1948) Aslam Azad (1948-2022) Khaleel Mamoon (1948-2024) Pir Naseer-uddin-Naseer (1949–2009) Anwar Sagar (1949 – 2020) Sabir Zafar (1949)

1950 Rahat Indori (1950–2020) Zahid Abrol (1950) Neelam Bashir (1950) Abul Kalam Qasmi (1950 – 2021) Hilal Naqvi (1950) Jamal Ehsani (1951–1998) Rais Ansari (1951) Ashfaq Hussain (1951–) Ibrahim Ashk (1951 – 2022) Tabish Mehdi (1951 – 2025) Haider Qureshi (1952–) Yasmeen Hameed (1952) Taqi Abedi (1952) Parveen Shakir (1952–1994) Munawwar Rana (1952 – 2024) Fahmi Badayuni (1952 – 2024) Naseem uz Zafar Baquiri (1952) Khalid Iqbal Yasir (1952) Abdul Hamid (1953–) Shahida Hassan (1953) Popular Meeruthi (1953) Haider Qureshi (1953) Salma Shaheen (1954)