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Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, [a] was an Indian poet. [1] Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian.
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. [1] Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) Siraj Aurangabadi, Siraj (1715–1763) Mohammad Meer Soz Dehlvi, Soz (1720-1799) Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Mirza Ghalib is considered one of the leading literary authority on Urdu poetry. [3] He lived in Delhi [4] and died in 1869. The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. [5] There are more than 30 types of Urdu poetry, also known as shayari. Examples of shayari are ghazal, sher, nazm, marsiya, qita and many more. [6]
Abedi compiled a two-volume book, Kuliyat-e-Ghalib Farsi, collecting the poetry of Mughal-era Mirza Ghalib in Persian, which was published by the Ghalib Institute in Delhi. Abedi believes that, while Mirza Ghalib was well known for his poetry in Urdu, he was more inclined towards Persian and composed excellent poems in that language. [2]
Mirza Ghalib commonly refers to Ghalib (1797–1869), a classical Urdu and Persian poet of India. It may also refer to: Mirza Ghalib, a 1954 Indian Hindi-Urdu biographical film; Mirza Ghalib, a 1988 Indian biographical television drama series; Mirza Ghalib Street, a street in central Kolkata, India; Mirza Ghalib College, a college in Bihar, India
Ghalib was a chronicler of a turbulent period. One by one, Ghalib saw the bazaars – Khas Bazaar, Urdu Bazaar, Kharam-ka Bazaar, disappear, whole mohallas (localities) and katras (lanes) vanish. The havelis (mansions) of his friends were razed. Ghalib wrote that Delhi had become a desert. Water was scarce. Delhi was now “ a military camp”.
Kalidas Gupta Riza (1925–2001) was an Indian writer [1] and authority on the writings of the Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib. [2] He authored several books on Ghalib. [3] A recipient of the Ghalib Award in 1987, [4] he was honored by the government of India in 2001 with the fourth-highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. [5]
Mirza Ghalib’s tomb. Mirza Ghalib's tomb is a small tomb of famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), who was renowned in Urdu and Persian poetry during the Mughal period. [citation needed] It is a protected monument. The tomb is a work of art located north of the enclosure of the Chausath Khamba. [citation needed]