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Below is a list of Urdu Poets. They are sorted by their birth years.<br />
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==13th century==<br />
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*[[Amir Khusro]] (1253–1325)<br />
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==16th century==<br />
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*[[Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah]] (1565–1611), wrote poetry primarily in [[Persian poetry|Persian]], but also in [[Hindavi]]<br />
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==17th century==<br />
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*[[Wali Muhammad Wali]], ''Wali Deccani'' (1667–1707)<br />
*[[Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan]] (1699–1781)<br />
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==18th century==<br />
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*[[Mirza Rafi Sauda|Mirza Muhammad Rafi]], ''Sauda'' (1713–1780)<br />
*[[Siraj Aurangabadi]] (1715–1763)<br />
*[[Khwaja Mir Dard]], ''Dard'' (1721–1785)<br />
*[[Mir Taqi Mir]], ''Mir'' (1723–1810)<br />
*[[Nazeer Akbarabadi]], ''Nazeer'' (1740–1830)<br />
*[[Insha Allah Khan 'Insha']], ''Insha'' (1756-1817)<br />
*[[Bahadur Shah II|Bahadur Shah]], ''Zafar'' (1775–1862)<br />
*[[Imam Baksh Nasikh]], ''Nasikh'' (1776–1838)<br />
*[[Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish]], ''Atish'' (1778–1846)<br />
*[[Zauq|Muhammad Ibrahim Khan]], ''Zauq'' (1789–1854)<br />
*[[Mirza Ghalib|Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib]], ''Ghalib'' (1797–1869)<br />
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==19th century==<br />
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*[[Momin Khan Momin]] ''Momin'' (1801–1852)<br />
*[[Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer]] (Mirza Salaamat Ali) ''Dabeer'' (1803–1875)<br />
*[[Mir Babar Ali Anis]] ''Anis'' (1803–1874)<br />
*[[Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim]], (1811–1845)<br />
*[[Amir Meenai]] (1828–1900)<br />
*[[Dagh Dehlvi]] (Nawab Mirza Khan) ''Daagh'' (1831–1905)<br />
*[[Altaf Hussain Hali]] (Hali Panipati) ''Hali'' (1837–1914)<br />
*[[Akbar Allahabadi]] (Syed Akbar Hussain)''Akbar'' (1846–1921)<br />
*[[Ahmad Raza Khan]] (1856–1921)<br />
*[[Bekhud Badayuni]] (Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui) ''Bekhud'' (1857–1912)<br />
*[[Shibli Nomani]] (Allama Shibli Nomani) (1857–1914)<br />
*[[Muztar Khairabadi]] (1862-1927)<br />
*[[Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang]] (1875–1952)<br />
*[[Hasrat Mohani]] (Syed Fazlul Hussain) ''Hasrat'' (1875–1951)<br />
*[[Dil Shahjahanpuri]] (Zameer Hasan Khan) ''Dil'' (1875-1959)<br />
*[[Muhammad Iqbal]] (Allama Iqbal) '' Iqbal'' (1873-1938)<br />
*[[Fani Badayuni]] (Shaukat Ali Khan) ''Fani'' (1879–1941)<br />
*[[Seemab Akbarabadi]] (Ashiq Hussain) (1882–1951)<br />
*[[Brij Narayan Chakbast]], (1882–1926)<br />
*[[Niaz Fatehpuri]] (Maulana Niyaz Muhammad Khan) (1882-1966)<br />
*[[Yagana Changezi]] (Mirza Wajid Hussain Yaas) ''Yaas'' (1883–1956)<br />
*[[Tilok Chand Mehroom]] (1887–1966)<br />
*[[Jigar Moradabadi]] (Ali Sikandar) ''Jigar'' (1890–1960)<br />
*[[Mustafa Raza Khan]], ''Noori'' (1892–1981)<br />
*[[Raaz Chandpuri]] (Mohd. Sadiq) (1892–1969)<br />
*[[Hakim Ahmad Shuja]] (1893-1969)<br />
*[[Josh Malihabadi]] (Shabbir Hassan Khan) ''Josh'' (1894–1982)<br />
*[[Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar]] ''Jauhar'' (1895- 1985)<br />
*[[Firaq Gorakhpuri]] (Raghupati Sahay) ''Firaq'' (1896–1982)<br />
*[[Ram Prasad Bismil]] (1897-1927)<br />
*[[Matin Niazi]] (1913-1993)<br />
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==1900==<br />
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*[[Hafeez Jalandhari]] (Mohd.Hafeez) (1900–1982)<br />
*[[Pandit Harichand Akhtar]] ('Akhtar') (1901–1958)<br />
*[[Alam Muzaffarnagari]](Muhammad Ishaaq) (1901–1969)<br />
*[[Khushtar Girami]](Dewan Ram Rakhamal Kalia) (1902–1988)<br />
*[[Anand Narain Mulla]] (1901–1997)<br />
*[[Syed Sajjad Zaheer]] (1904–1973)<br />
*[[Akhtar Sheerani]] (Mohd.Dawood Khan) (1905–1948)<br />
*[[Saghar Nizami]] (1905–1984)<br />
*[[Makhdum Muhiuddin]] (1908–1969)<br />
*[[Arsh Malsiani]] (Bal Mukund) (1908–1979)<br />
*[[Majaz]] (Asrar-ul-Haq) (1909–1955)<br />
*[[Zaheen Shah Taji]] (1902-1978)<br />
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==1910==<br />
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*[[Noon Meem Rashid]] (1910–1975)<br />
*[[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], ''Faiz'' (1911–1984)<br />
*[[Aijaz Siddiqi]] (1911–1978)<br />
*[[Ravish Siddiqi]] (''Ravish'') (1911–1971)<br />
*[[Nushoor Wahidi]] (1911–1981)<br />
*[[Meeraji]] (1912–1949)<br />
*[[Shifa Gwaliori]] (1912-1968)<br />
*[[Shamim Karhani]] (1913–1975)<br />
*[[Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi]] (1913–1986)<br />
*[[Dr. Rafiq Hussain]] (1913–1990)<br />
*[[Sahir Hoshiarpuri]] (1913–1994)<br />
*[[Ali Sardar Jafri]] (1913–2000)<br />
*[[Mir Gul Khan Nasir]] (1914–1983)<br />
*[[Ehsan Danish]] (1914–1982)<br />
*[[Jan Nisar Akhtar]] (1914–1976)<br />
*[[Majeed Amjad]] (1914–1974)<br />
*[[Sikandar Ali Wajd]] (1914–1983)<br />
*[[Akhtar ul Iman]] (1915–1996)<br />
*[[Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi]], ''Nadeem'' (1916–2006)<br />
*[[Zamir Jafri]], ''Zamir'' (1916–1999)<br />
*[[Shakeel Badayuni]] (1916–1970)<br />
*[[Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee]] (1917–2005)<br />
*[[Jagan Nath Azad]] (1918–2004)<br />
*[[Kaifi Azmi]] (1918–2002)<br />
*[[Majrooh Sultanpuri]] (1919–2000)<br />
*[[Khumar Barabankvi]], ''Khumar'' (1919–1999)<br />
*[[Qateel Shifai]], ''Qateel'' (1919–2001)<br />
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==1920==<br />
*[[Salaam Machhalishahari]], ''Salaam'' (1921-1972)<br />
*[[Sahir Ludhianvi]], ''Sahir'' (1921–1980)<br />
*[[Wazir Agha]],(1922-2010)<br />
*[[Nazish Pratapgarhi]], ''Nazish'' (1924-1981)<br />
*[[Nasir Kazmi]], ''Nasir'' (1925–1972)<br />
*[[Himayat Ali Shair]], ''Shair'' (1926)<br />
*[[Naresh Kumar Shad]] (1927–1969)<br />
*[[Ibn-e-Insha]], ''Insha'' (1927–1978)<br />
*[[Shabnam Romani]],''Shabnam'' (1928–2009)<br />
*[[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]] (1928–1966)<br />
*[[Munir Niazi]] (1928–2006)<br />
*[[Habib Jalib]] (1928–1993)<br />
*[[Dilawar Figar]] (1928–1998)<br />
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==1930==<br />
*[[Mustafa Zaidi]] (1930–1970)<br />
*[[Ahmad Faraz]] (1931–2008)<br />
*[[Jon Elia]] (1931–2003)<br />
*[[Satyapal Anand]] (1931)<br />
*[[Zafar Iqbal (poet)|Zafar Iqbal]] (1932)<br />
*[[Shakeb Jalali]] (1932–1966)<br />
*[[Syed Al-e-Ahmad]] (1932–1999)<br />
*[[Mohsin Bhopali]] (1932–2007)<br />
*[[Muzaffar Warsi]] (1933-2011)<br />
*[[Waheed Akhtar]] (1934–1996)<br />
*[[Sudarshan Faakir]] (1934-2008)<br />
*[[Murtaza Birlas]] (1934)<br />
*[[Anwar Masood]] (1935)<br />
*[[Aftab Iqbal Shamim]] (1936)<br />
*[[Akhlaq Mohammed Khan]] (Shahryar) (1936-2012)<br />
*[[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]] (1936)<br />
*[[Zarina Sani]] (1937–1982)<br />
*[[Nida Fazli]] (1938)<br />
*[[Dr.Najmul Hoda]] (1938)<br />
*[[Syed Mahmood Khundmiri]] (1938-2011)<br />
*[[Obaidullah Aleem]] (1939–1997)<br />
*[[Allama Talib Jauhari]] (1939- )<br />
*Ghulam Ghous Gham (1931-2007)<br />
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==1940==<br />
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*[[Kishwar Naheed]] (1940)<br />
*[[Jazib Qureshi]] (1940)<br />
*[[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]] (1941)<br />
*[[Ahfaz ur Rahman]] (1942)<br />
*[[Iftikhar Arif]] (1943)<br />
*[[Amjad Islam Amjad]] (1944)<br />
*[[Ghulam Muhammad Qasir]], ''Qasir'' (1944–1999)<br />
*[[Bashir Badr]] (1945)<br />
*[[Javed Akhtar]] (1945)<br />
*[[Anwer Zahidi]] (1946)<br />
*[[Afzal Ahmed Syed]] (1946)<br />
*[[Muhammad Izhar ul Haq]] (1948)<br />
*[[Tanwir Phool]] (1948)<br />
*[[Fehmida Riaz]] (1948)<br />
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==1950==<br />
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*[[Rahat Indori]] (1950)<br />
*[[Muslim Saleem]] (1950)<br />
*[[Zahid Abrol]] (1950)<br />
*[[Jamal Ehsani]] (1951-1998)<br />
*[[Ashfaq Hussain]] (1951) <br />
*[[Ehsan Sehgal]] (1951)<br />
*[[Haider Qureshi]] (1952]<br />
*[[Parveen Shakir]] (1952–1994)<br />
*[[Kazim Jarwali]] (1955)<br />
*[[Paigham Afaqui]] (1956)<br />
*[[Noon Meem Danish]] (1958)<br />
* Rashid Sandeelvi (1959)<br />
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==1960==<br />
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*[[Samina Raja]] (1961)<br />
*[[Raees Warsi]] (1963)<br />
*[[Noshi Gilani]] (1964)<br />
*[[Sabih Rehmani]] (1965)<br />
*[[Saeed Khan]] (1966)<br />
*[[Idris Azad]] (1969)<br />
*[[Rafiq Sandeelvi]] (1961)<br />
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==1970==<br />
*[[Murad Jaipuri]] (Tuhin Kanti Nag) ''Murad'' (1974)<br />
*[[Akhtar Raza Saleemi]] (1974)<br />
*[[Sarim Momin]] (1978)<br />
* [[Nitya Prakash]] (1988)<br />
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==Contemporary poets with unknown date of birth==<br />
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*[[Kaif Bhopali]]<br />
*[[Rahi Masoom Raza]]<br />
*[[Tanveer Sipra]]<br />
*[[Tehzeeb Haafi Qaisrani]]<br />
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