URDU LANGUAGE WRITERS AND POETS
by Dr. Rais Samdani
Aali, Jamiluddin (born- 20 January 1926 - d 23 Nov 2015)
Abdul Halim Sharar (b.10 Janurary 1860-)
Abdul Samad Ansari (1944 -
Abdul Samad Ansari (1944 -
Abid, Syed Abid Ali (1906 -
Ada Jafri, Aziz Jahan (August 1924 -
Adam,Syed Abdul Hamid (1909 -
Afsar Merthi, Hamidullah Khan (1898 -
Aftab Iqbal Shamim (born 1936)
Aga Nisar (b. 14 February 1960 - )
Akbar, Chaudry Jalaluddin (1905 -
Akhtar Hussain LLehrvi (b.---- - d.7 January 2008)
Akhtar Junagari (b. 8 June 1943 - d 5 Dec 2015)
Akhtar Shirani (Born 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948)
Ahmed Nadim Qasmi see NadimQasmi
Ahsan Danish (b. 1914 - d. 21 March 1982)
Ahsan Marharvi, Syed Ali Ahsan (1876
Akbar Allahabadi , Syed Akbar Hussain (b. 16 Nov 1846–d. 1921)
Akhtar, Ali Akhtar (1893 -
Akhtar Ansari (1909-
Akhtar, Jan Nisar (1914 -
Akhtar Sherani (1905 -
Altaf Husain Hali (1837–1914)
Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000)
Ali Jawad Zaidi (1916-2004)
Amin Khari, Khawaja Muhammad Maseh Pap (1884 -
Amir Chand,Bahar(born 1925)
Amir Meenai (1826–1900)
Amjad Hyderabadi (1886 -
Anis, Mir Babar Ali (1803-1874)
Anjum Azmni (2 January 1931 – 31 January 1990)
Anwar Maqsood (b.
Anwar Masood (b.8 November 1935 -
Arzoo Lakhnavi, Syed Anwar Hussain (1882 -
Asar Lakhnavi, Jafar Ali Khan (1885 -
Asar Sehbai, Abdul Sami (1901 -
Ashraf Salim (b.5 January 1963 - )
Asghar Gondvi, (1884 -
Asadullah Khan Ghalib see Ghalib
Aseer Abid (b. ------- d. 11February 2003)
Aslam Kamal (b.23 January 1948 - )
Aslam Tariq (b. 1 January 1952 - )
Ataul Haq Qasmi (b. 1 February 1943 - )
Azad Ansari, Hakim, Altaf Ahmed (1871 -
Azad, Jagan Nath ( Dec 1918 -
Azad, Maulana Muhammad Hussain (1833-1910)
Azad, Shaikh Muhammad Ibrahim (b.25 Feb 1868 - 8 June 1947)
Aziz Lakhnavi, Mirza Muhamad Hadi (1882 – 1935)
Azmatullah Khan (1887 -
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Bahadur Shah, "Zafar" (1775–1862)
Bahaul Haq Qasi f/o Ataul Haq Qaqsmi (b. ---d. 2 February 1987
Bano Qudsia (1928 -
Baqi Siddiqui, Muhammad Afzal (20 Dec 1901 -
Bekhud Dehlvi, Syed Waheeduddin Ahmed (b.1862 - 2 Oct 1955
Benazir Shah Alahbadi (1863 –
Berlas, Nazir Hussain Mirza (1908 -
C
Chakbast Lakhnavi (1881 -
D
Dabeer, Mirza Salaamat Ali (1803-1875)
Dagh Dehlvi, Nawab Mirza Khan ( 25 May 1831 - 14 Feb 1905)
Dilawar Figar (1928–1998)
Divana, Dr. Mohan Singh )1899 -
F
Faisal Hanif (b. 5February 19 73 -)
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, (b. 13 February 1911–1984)
Fani Badayauni, Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 –
Farakh Gorakpuri, Raghopati Sahaee (1896 -
Farigh Bukhari, Syed Mir Ahmed Shah (1918 -
Fatima Hasan (b. 25 January 1953 - )
Fehmida Riaz (born 1948)
Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay), (1896-1982)
G
Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan (b.27 Dec 1797 - 15 Feb 1869)
H
Habib Jalib (1928 - 13 March 1993)
Hadi Machli Sheri (1893 -
Hafiz Hoishyarpuri, Shaikh Abdul Hafiz Salim (1912 -
Hafiz - Jalandhari (b.14 January 1900 -
Hakim Akhtar (born 1928)
Haki Muhammad Said (b.9 January 1910 - 18 Oct 1998)
Hajra Masroor (b.17 January 1929 - )
Hali, Maulana Altaf Hussain (1837 - 1914)
Hamida Shaheen (b.26 January 1964 - )
Hasan Rizvi (b. - d. 2 February 2002)
Hasina Moin (b. 20 Nivenber 1941 -
Hasrat, Chiragh Hassan (1904 – 1955)
Hasrat Mohani, Syed Tafazzul Husain (1875–1952)
Haya Lakhnavi, Kaniz Fatima
Himayat Ali Shair ( b. 14 July 1926 -
Humayao, Justis Shah din (1868 -
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Ibn-e-Insha, Insha (1927 – d. 11 January 1978)
Iftikhar Arif (born 1943)
Iqbal, Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, (1877–1938)
Iqbal Azeem (b. 8.7.1913 – 22 Dec 2000)
Irfan Aziz (b. 15 February 19 41
Irfan Jamil (b. 2 February 1964)
Irshad Ahmed Siddiqui (b.9 January 191938 - )
Ismail Merthi, Muhammad (1844 - 1 Nov. 1917)
J
Jalil Manakpuri (1869 -
Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976)
Jamshaid Azam Chishti(1963)
Jamal Ahsani (b. - d. 10 February 1998)
Jagannath Azad (1918–2004)
Jameel Jalbi (b. 12 June 1929)
Jamiluddin Aali (b.20 January 1928 - )
Jazbi, Moin Ahsan (1912 -
Jigar Moradabadi, Ali Sikandar (1890–1960)
Johar, Maulana Muhammad Ali (1878 -
Josh Malihabadi, Shabir Hassan Khan ((b.1898 - d. 22 February 1982)
Jon Elia (1931–8 Nov 2002)
K
Kaifi Azmi (1918–2002)
Karnal Muhammad Khan (b. 5 Aug 1910)
Kefi, Allama Data Taria, Pandath Berjohan Data Taria (1866 -
Khatir Ghaznavi, Muhammad Ibrahim Baid (5 Nov. 1925 -
Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785)
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846)
Khumar Barabankvi, Khumar (1919–1999)
Kishwar Naheed (b. 3 February 1940 -)
Krishan Chander (1914-1977)
M
Mahirul Qadri, Manzoor Hussain (1906 -
Majaz, Israrul Haq (1911 -
Majeed Amjad (1914–1974)
Makhdum Muhiuddin (1908–1969
Mateen Niazi (1913-1993)
Mahroom, Talok Chand ( 1887 -
Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810)
Meher, Ghulam Rasool (b 15 April 1895 - d. 16 Nov 1971)
Meher, Soraj Narain ( 1882 - 1933)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib see Ghalib, M. A. K.
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781)
Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780)
Mohsin Karkovi (1827 -
Momin, Hakim Mumin Khan , Mumin (1801–1852)
Molvi Abdul Haq (b. 16 Nov 1872 - 16 August 1961)
Meera Ji,Muhammad Sana Ullah Dar (1912-1949)
Mohsin Naqvi (b. - d. 15 January 1996)
Mohsin Bhopali (b.------- d.17 January 2007)
Muhammad Hussain Azad (b.---- - 22January 1910)
Muhammad Khalid Akhtar (b.23 January 1920 - d.2 February 2002)
Muhammad Younus Butt (b.4 January 1962 -)
Mula, Aannad Narain (1901 -
Munir Niazi (1928–2006)
Munno Bhai (b. 6 February 1933 - )
Murtaza Birlas (born 1934)
Mustafa Zaidi (1930–1970)
Muhammad Irfan Chaudhary (Born 11-Nov-1984) Email: irfan-lhr@hotmail.com
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Nadeem Qasmi, Ahmed (b. 20 Nov. 1916 - d. 10 July 2006)
Nadir Karkorvi (1887 -
Naseer Ahmed Nasir (born 1954)
Nasir Raza Kazmi,(8 Dec 1925-1972)
Nawaz, Allah Nawaz Khan (1913 -
Nazar,Abdul Qayum Butt (1914 -
Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830)
Nazir, Khudhi Muhamad (1872 -
Nazm Tabatabai ( 1852 -
Nehal Seharvi, Abdul Khaliq (1901 -
Nerang, Ghulam Bheek (1876 -
Nisar Akbar abadi (b.January 1936 - )
Nohnarvi, Muhamad Nohh (1889 -
Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975)
Nushoor Wahidi (1911–1981)
O
Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1997]]
Q
Qateel Shifai, (1919–2001)
Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611)
P
Parveen Shakir (1953–1995)
Pirzada Qsim Siddiqui (b. 8 February 1943 - )
Q
Qateel Shifai, Orangzaib Khan (1919-
R
Rafiq Khawar (b. 15 February 1908 - )
Rais Ahmed Samdani, Dr. (born- 25 March 1949) drraissamdani@yahoo.com
Rais Amrohi (b. 12 Sept. 1914 – 22 Sept. 1988)
Rais Faroogh, Syed Muhammad Younus Hassan (d. 15 August 1982)
Rashid, Noor Meem (1 August 1910 -
Rawa, Jagat Mohan Lal 1889 -
Raza, Syed Aale (1897 -
Riaz Batalvi (b. ------- - d.15 January 2003)
Riaz Khairabadi (1853 –
Ravish Siddiqui, Shahid Aziz (10 July 1911 -
S
Saadat Hasan Minto (b..........d.18 January 1955
Sadqain (b. - d.10 February 1987)
Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi, Tapish Gopalpuri (1927–2002)
Sail Dehlvi, Abdul Moazam Nawab Sirajuddin Ahmed Khan (1868 -10 September 1945)
Safi Lakhnavi, Syed Ali Naqvi Zedi (1862 – 1950)
Saghir Nizami, Muhamamd Samad Yar Khan (1905 -
Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–1980)
Sahir Hashmi Adeeb, Kanpuri,Sahir Hashmi(1929-1999)
Saifullah Khan (b.5 January 1948 - )
Salik, Abdul Majid Khan (1895 -
Samina Raja {1961}
Saqib Lakhnavi, Mirza Zajkir Hussain Qazalbas (1869 – 1949)
Sardar Jafri, Ali Saardar (1912 -
Saeed Ahmed (b. 5February 1966 - )
Saeed Ahmad Akhtar (born 1933)
Saghir malal (b. 15 February 1951- )
Sahir Ludhyanvi, Abdul Hai (1922 -
Saif, Saifuddin (March 1922 -
Saleem, Waheeduddin (1869-
salman Siddiq (b. 26February 1969 -)
Samdani, Rais Ahmed (b.25 March 1949 - ) drraissamdani@yahoo,com
Sarwar Jahan Abadi (1873 -
Semab Akbarabadi, Asdhiq Hussain ( 1880 -
Shad Azeemabad, Syed Ali Muhammad ( 1846 -
Shabnam Romani (b. - d. 17February 2009)
Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
Shair Hasan Rizvi (b. - d. 2 February 2002)
Shair Qazalbash Dehlvi, Aga Muzafar Baig (1871 -
Shamim, Safia (1920 -
Shaukat Siddiqui (b. 20 March 1923)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee (1917–2005)
Shabnam Romani,Shabnam Romani(1927)
Shaukat Thanvi (b. 2February 1904)
Shad Azeemabad, Syed Ali Muhammad ( 1846 -
Shakeel Badayuni (1916–1970)
Shakeb Jalali (1932–1966)
Shibli Nomani (b. 1857- d. 18 Nov 1914)
Shoq Qidwai (1853
Shore Alig, Manzoor Hussain (1910 -
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (b. 17 Oct. 1817- 28 March 1898)
Sofi Ghulam Mustafa Tabbasum (b. - d. 7 February 1978)
Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Kazmi{1983)
Syed Fakhar-ud-din balley {1930-2004}
Syed Shakeel Desnavi(born-1941)
Syed Al-e-Ahmad (1932–1999)
T
Tabasum, Sofi Ghulam Mustafa (4 August 1899 -
Tabish Dehlvi (b. 9 Nov 1911)
Tabish Samdani, Tufail Ahmed (b. 20 August 1941 - 2d. 16 April 2002)
Tahir Tonsvi (born-1st January 1948
Tajor Najibabadi, Maulan, Ahsanullah Khan (1894 -
Tanvir Aslam Rawn Manzar (Date of Birth 22-12-1992)
Tanveer Naqvi (b.6 Feb. 1919 - 1 Nov 1992)
Tapish, Abdul Latif (1895 -
Tasir, Dr. Muhamad Din (1902 – 1950)
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Wajd, Sikandar Ali (1914 -
Wali Mohammed Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707)
Waqar Anbalvi, Nazim Ali (1904 -
Wasif Ali (b. 15 January 1929 - d. 18 January 1993)
Wazir Agha (b. 18 May 1922 - 7 Sept 2010)
Wehshat Kalkatvi, Raza Ali (18 Nov 1881 -
Y
Yas Yagana Changhezi, Mirza Wajid Hussain (1883-
Z
Zafar Ali Khan, Maulana (1870 -
Zafar Iqbal (1932 -
Zafar, Muhamad Yousuf(1914 -
Zafar, Sirajuddin (25 March 1912 -
Zahida Khatoon Sherwania (Z. K. S). (December 1894-
Zahoor Ahmed Awan (b. 4 January 1942 - )
ZaibUsmania, Tajur (12 Dec. 1913 -
Zamir Jafri, Zamir (1916–1999)
Zauq, Shaikh Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (1789–d. 15 Nov 1854)
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