Poets/Writers From India
Total: 923
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.
Goya Faqeer Muhammad
- Born : Kachhauchha Sharif
Prominent desciple of Nasikh who served in the armies of Maratha ruler Yashwant Rao Holkar at Indore and Ghaziuddin Haider, Nawab of Awadh
Husainul Haq
Noted story writer and novelist; known for his treatment of communal riots in India.
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Religious scholar of Sufistic temperament who was assassinated due to religious reasons
Mustafa Khan Shefta
Shad Azimabadi
One of the most prominent pre-modern poets.
Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
Ramz Azimabadi
Aabid Barelvi
- Domicile : Kolkata
Aafaq Banarasi
Aah Sambhali
Aali Badayuni
Aarif Balyavi
Aarif Islampuri
Aarif Tamimi
Aarzu Lakhnavi
Aarzu Saharanpuri
- Born : Saharanpur
- Domicile : Saharanpur
- Shrine : Saharanpur
Aashna Phulwarwi
- Born : Phulwari Sharif
- Domicile : Phulwari Sharif
- Shrine : Phulwari Sharif
Aasi Gayavi
Aasi Gayavi
Aasi Ghazipuri
A distinguished Sufi poet associated with the Khanqah Rashidia, Jaunpur.
- Born : Phulwari Sharif
- Domicile : Phulwari Sharif
- Shrine : Phulwari Sharif
Aazam Shah
Abdul Aziz Aazad
Abdul Basit Amethvi
- Domicile : Amethi
Abdul Ghafoor Nassakh
- Born : Uttar Pradesh
- Domicile : West Bengal
Prominent poet of classical mould from Nengal, known for his 'Tazkira 'Sukhan-e-Shoara'.
- Domicile : India
Abdul Hameed
- Born : Patna
Abdul Mannan Tarzi
A prominent literary figure from Bihar known for his poetry and other poetical compositions on a variety of subjects.
Abdul Qaiyum Hasrat
Abdul Rab Sufi
Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi
Abdul Rahman Insaf
Abdul Sattar Niazi
- Born : Punjab
- Domicile : Faisalabad
- Shrine : Faisalabad
Abdul Wali Uzlat
- Domicile : surat
Abr Ahsani
Abr Shah Warsi
Absar Balkhi
Son of the Sajjada Nashin of Khanqah Balkhia Firdausia, Fatuha
Adeeb Hasan Gayavi
Adeeb Kakvi
Adeeb Raipuri
Adeeb Saharanpuri
- Born : Saharanpur
- Domicile : Karachi
- Shrine : Karachi
Pre-modern poet, known for blending the best of the classical and the modernist