Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, better known by his pen name Mirza Ghalib, was a preeminent 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals are considered masterpieces of South Asian literature.

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian-language poet
Urdu poet
ghazal poet
letter writer
person
poet
activeInCentury 19th century
alsoKnownAs Ghalib
linked to: Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib
associatedWith Mughal court in Delhi
linked to: Mughal court
birthDate 1797-12-27
birthPlace Agra
Mughal Empire
burialPlace Nizamuddin, Delhi
linked to: Nizamuddin area
citizenship Mughal Empire
countryOfActivity India
deathDate 1869-02-15
deathPlace British India
Delhi
ethnicity Turk
familyName Khan
genre ghazal
letter
qasida
givenName Asadullah
linked to: Asad Allah
hasCollection Kulliyat-e-Ghalib
linked to: Diwan-e-Ghalib

Persian Diwan of Ghalib
Urdu Diwan of Ghalib
linked to: Diwan-e-Ghalib
hasPenName Mirza Ghalib
honorific Mirza
influenced Allama Iqbal
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
South Asian literature
modern Urdu poetry
influencedBy Hafez
Persian classical poets
Saadi Shirazi
linked to: Saadi
languageOfWorkOrName Persian
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
movement classical Urdu poetry
notableWork Diwan-e-Ghalib
Persian poetry
Urdu ghazals
occupation courtier
poet
scholar
religion Islam
residence Delhi
spouse Umrao Begum
style classical ghazal
wroteInScript Perso-Arabic script

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Mirza Ghalib fullName Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Asad notableUser Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Persian Diwan of Ghalib creatorBirthName Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan