Index of Sufis/Sants

Considered to be the foremost poet of mathnawi.

Notable author associated with the prestigious Fort William College, also laid the foundation of modern Urdu Prose

Religious scholar of Sufistic temperament who was assassinated due to religious reasons

Eminent Sufi poet of Delhi's famous Naqshbandi order of Sufis.

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".

Known for his Urdu translation of Bhagwat Geeta in verse titled- Naseem-e-Irfaan.

Popular writer, scholar, poet and lyricist.

Famous Indian poet and father of Jan Nisar Akhtar.