Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir
Mir Taqi Mir in 1786
Born	February 1723 Agra, Agra Subah, Mughal India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	20 September 1810 (aged 87) Lucknow, Oudh Subah, Mughal India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Resting place	Lucknow
Occupation	Poet
Era	Mughal India
Notable work	Faez-é-Mīr Zikr-é-Mīr Nikat-ush-Shuarā Kuliyāt-é-Fārsī Kuliyāt-é-Mīr

Urdu literature ادبیاتِ اُردُو
Urdu literature
By category Urdu language
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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Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu ghazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. His pen name (takhallus) was Mir. He spent the latter part of his life in the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow.^[1]

His father's name was Meer Muttaqi. After his father's death, his step-brothers took control over his property. His step-uncle took care of him after he was orphaned and after the death of his step-uncle (paternal) his maternal step-uncle took care of him. The signature of his poetry is the grief he expresses. He has expressed a lot of grief over the downfall of his city, Delhi.