Ismail Merathi

Ismail Merathi
اسماعیل میرٹھی
Born	Muhammad Ismail (1844-11-12)12 November 1844 Meerath, Mughal India
Died	1 November 1917 Meerath
Occupations	Poet teacher educationist
Years active	1868–1917
Era	Post-Independence War (1857)
Known for	Urdu poems for children
Notable work	Kulliyat-e-Ismail
Spouse	Bibi Naeem Al-Nisa
Children	5
Honours	Khan Sahib (1912)

Ismail Merathi (1844–1917) was an Indian Urdu poet, schoolteacher, and educationist from the Mughal–British era. His poems for children like Nasihat, Barsaat, Humaari Gaye, Subah Ki Aamad, Sach Kaho, Baarish Ka Pehla Qatra, Pan Chakki, Shafaq, and several others are part of the primary school curriculum in Pakistan.^[1] He wrote many Urdu and Persian text books for school-going children.