Poets/Writers From Delhi
Total: 56
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.
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
Munawwar Lakhnavi
Known for his Urdu translation of Bhagwat Geeta in verse titled- Naseem-e-Irfaan.
Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi
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.
Aqil Khan Razi
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Delhi
Aziz Warsi Dehlvi
Bedil Azimabadi
Legendary Persian poet of the Sabak-e-Hindi style of poetry.
Chandar Bhan Kaifi Dehlvi
Well-known for his poems on interesting topics; also wrote patriotic poems. Taught Persian for a long period of time
Dara Shikoh
Elder son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz who greatly fostered Sufism and had friendly ties with Sikh Gurus.
Darshan Singh
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Hari Chand Akhtar
- Born : Hoshiarpur
- Domicile : Lahore
- Shrine : Delhi
Izhar Asar
Jahan Ara Begum
Jawed Washisht
Khwaja Baqi Billah
Khwaja Fakhruddin Chishti
- Born : Aurangabad
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Delhi
Khwaja Hasan Nizami
Khwaja Hasan Sani
Khwaja Ilahi Bakhsh Maroof
Khwaja Meer Asar
Khwaja Meer Dard
Noted Sufi poet with a deep sense of Music.
Meraj Ahmed Nizami
Mirza Ghalib
Great Urdu poet occupying a place of pride in world literature. Also one of the most quotable poets having shers for almost all situations of life.
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janan
Eminent Sufi poet of Delhi's famous Naqshbandi order of Sufis.
Muhammad Shah Rangila
Naseeruddin Charagh-e-Dehli
Nisar Ahmed Farooqui
Nizamuddin Auliya
Revered Indian Sufi and the spiritual guide of Amir Khusrau.
Nizam-ul-Mashaykh
Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
Prominent disciple and successor of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Raqim Dehlvi
Sadiq Dehlvi
Khwaja Hasan Jahangiri's disciple, successor, and a noted poet of the Hasania Sufi Order.
Saghar Nizami
Sarmad Kashani
The famous poet of quatrain who was martyred in the era of Aurangzeb.
Shah Aalam Sani
Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlvi
Shah Waliullah Dehlvi
Shah Waliullah Dehlvi
- Born : Muzaffarnagar
- Domicile : Delhi
- Shrine : Delhi