Poets/Writers From Delhi
Total: 164
Amir Khusrau
First Poet of Rekhta/Hindvi. Musician and Disciple of Sufi Saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. Known for his "pahelis", which form part of Indian folklore. He is famous for inventing two most important musical instruments tabla & sitar. Wrote "Ze-hal-e-miskin…" one of the earliest prototypes of Urdu ghazal written in Persian & Hindvi.
Ibrahim Zauq
Poet laureate of the Mughal Court and mentor of Bahadur Shah Zafar. His 'poetic' rivalry with Ghalib is well known.
Meer Hasan Dehlvi
Considered to be the foremost poet of mathnawi.
Momin Khan Momin
Contemporary of Ghalib and Zauq. He was also a physician, astrologer and chess player. Mirza Ghalib is said to have offered his complete diwan for his sher "tum mere paas hote ho goya, Jab koi doosra nahin hota".
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Religious scholar of Sufistic temperament who was assassinated due to religious reasons
Mustafa Khan Shefta
Barq Dehlvi
A later descendant of Delhi’s poetry tradition, known for his play 'Krishna Avataar'
Munawwar Lakhnavi
- Shrine : Delhi
Known for his Urdu translation of Bhagwat Geeta in verse titled- Naseem-e-Irfaan.
Ishtiyaque Aiyubi
Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi
Ahmad Ali Barqi Aazmi
Delhi-based poet, once associated with All India Radio's Persian service
- Domicile : Delhi
- Born : Afghanistan
- Domicile : Delhi
Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan
Poet & researcher known for his long poem “Sochne Pe Pahraa hai" /Professor JNU
- Domicile : Delhi
Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi
- Born : Budaun
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Aurangabad
Amir Khusrau
Beloved disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya and clelebrated Sufi poet of Persian and Urdu. Also highly skilled in music, famous as Tuti-e-Hind.
Amrita Pritam
- Born : Gujranwala
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Delhi
Aqil Khan Razi
Arshad Ali Rasai
Aziz Warsi Dehlvi
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Balram Shukla
- Born : Uttar Pradesh
- Domicile : Delhi
Assistant professor of Sanskrit, Department of Sanskrit, University of Delhi
Bedil Azimabadi
Legendary Persian poet of the Sabak-e-Hindi style of poetry.
Bedil Muzaffarnagri
- Born : Delhi
- Domicile : Muzaffarnagar
- Shrine : Muzaffarnagar
Chandar Bhan Kaifi Dehlvi
Well-known for his poems on interesting topics; also wrote patriotic poems. Taught Persian for a long period of time
Charandas Ji
- Domicile : Mewar
Dagh Dehlvi
Last of classical poets who celebrated life and love. Famous for his playfulness of words (idioms/ phrases).
Dara Shikoh
Elder son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz who greatly fostered Sufism and had friendly ties with Sikh Gurus.
Darshan Singh
- Domicile : Delhi
- Domicile : Delhi
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Ghamgin Dehlvi
Ghaus Siwani
- Domicile : Delhi
Haji Imdadullah Makki
- Born : Saharanpur
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Mecca
Hari Chand Akhtar
- Born : Hoshiarpur
- Domicile : Lahore
- Shrine : Delhi