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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.
Diwan-e-Ghalib is a poetry book written by the India born Persian and also Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.It is a collection of the ghazals of Ghalib. [1] Though it does not include all of his ghazals as he was too choosy to include them all, still in many other copies of the Diwan Urdu scholars have tried to collect all of his precious works.
The Letters of Ghalib (Khutoot-e-Ghalib) is the compilation of Mirza Ghalib's letters. One of the greatest Urdu-Persian poets of all time, Ghalib was also a passionate and serious writer of letters. [1] The distinguishing quality of Ghalib's epistolary practice was the energy and intimacy of conversational language that he could deploy with ...
Zauq is frequently mentioned in poetries of Ghalib. His rivalry is mentioned in Deewan-e-ghalib. A poem titled 'Zauq' by poet-diplomat Abhay K tries to tell Zauq's side of story vis a vis his arch-rival Ghalib. [4] In Television Zauq is played by Shafi Inamdar in the Television series Mirza Ghalib Directed by Gulzar.
The language of Urdu reached its pinnacle under the British Raj, and it received official status. All famous writers of Urdu language including Ghalib and Iqbal were given British scholarships. [1] Following the Partition of India in 1947, it found major poets and scholars were divided along the nationalistic lines. However, Urdu poetry is ...
Sufi thought first entered the ghazal genre in the Persian language before eventually entering in Urdu as well. [40] In the ghazal, themes of love and union with a lover simultaneously refer to union with the divine in a mystical Islamic tradition. [23] Love for a Sufi is the presence of God, not the presence of physical passion. [40]
Mir Taqi Mir was often compared with the later day Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib. Lovers of Urdu poetry often debate Mir's supremacy over Ghalib or vice versa. It may be noted that Ghalib himself acknowledged, through some of his couplets, that Mir was indeed a genius who deserved respect. Here are two couplets by Mirza Ghalib on this matter. [1]
Amir Khusro (1253–1325) composed the first ghazal in Urdu, titled ze-hāl-e-miskīñ. [2] He wrote in Persian and Rekhta (initial form of Urdu). 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]