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The following is a List of Urdu-language poets .
13th century
15th century
Poet
Image
Pen Name
Era
Work
Meera
Mira Bai
1498
16th century
17th century
18th century
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu " around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time.
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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. 1932–1990)
1900
1910
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
1940
1950
1960
1970
Non-Muslim Urdu poets
20th century
Contemporary poets
Poets with unknown dates of birth
Contemporary poets with unknown dates of birth
See also
References
^ Garcia, Maria Isabel Maldonado. "The Urdu language reforms." Studies 26 (2011): 97.
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