Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib
Ghalib in 1868
Native name	مرزا غالب  (Urdu)
Born	Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (1797-12-27)27 December 1797 Kala Mahal, Agra, Maratha Confederacy
Died	15 February 1869(1869-02-15) (aged 71) Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India
Resting place	Mazar-e-Mirza Ghalib Tomb Near, Nizamuddin Dargah, Delhi
Pen name	Ghalib (Arabic: غالب, romanized: Ġālib, lit. 'Dominant') Asad (Arabic: اسد, romanized: ʼAsad, lit. 'Lion')
Occupation	Poet author
Language	Urdu, Persian
Period	Mughal era British era
Genre	Ghazal, Qasida, Ruba'i, Qit'a, Marsiya
Subject	Love, philosophy, mysticism
Literary movement	Urdu movement
Years active	c. 1808–1869
Notable work	Diwan-e-Ghalib
Spouse	Umrao Begum ​ (m. 1810)​
Parents	Mirza Abdullah Baig (father) Izzat-ut-Nisa Begum (mother)

Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو
Urdu literature
By category Urdu language Rekhta
Major figures
Amir Khusrau (father of Urdu literature) - Wali Dakhani (father of Urdu poetry) - Mir Taqi Mir - Ghalib - Abdul Haq (Baba-e-Urdu)
Urdu writers
Writers – Novelists – Poets
Forms
Ghazal – Fiction
Institutions
Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu Urdu movement Literary Prizes
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Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan (1797–1869), also known as Mirza Ghalib,^[1] was an Indian poet.^[2] He was popularly known by the pen names Ghalib and Asad. His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula. During his lifetime, the already declining Mughal Empire was eclipsed and displaced by the British East India Company rule and finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian Rebellion of 1857; these are described through his work.^[3]

He wrote in both Urdu and Persian. Although his Persian Divan (body of work) is at least five times longer than his Urdu Divan, his fame rests on his poetry in Urdu. Today, Ghalib remains popular not only in the Indian subcontinent but also among the Hindustani diaspora around the world.^[4]