Mirza Ghalib

مرزا اسد اللہ خاں غالب

["Greatest Urdu Classical Poet", "Last Mughal Court Poet", "Master of Ghazal and Letter Writing"]

Born Dec 27, 1797

Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Mughal Empire

Passed Away Feb 15, 1869 Gali Qasim Jan (Ballimaran, Delhi), British Raj

Lifespan 71 years old

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"Thousands of desires, each worth dying for; many of them I realized, yet I yearn for more."

Archival Overview

Preeminent classical Urdu and Persian poet (1797–1869) whose profound ghazals captured love, philosophical skepticism, and the tragic twilight of the Mughal Empire in Delhi.

Biographical Record

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan lived in Old Delhi during the final decline and violent collapse of the Mughal Empire. Serving as court poet and tutor to the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, he witnessed the cataclysm of the 1857 Rebellion and the destruction of Delhi's literary culture.

Ghalib revolutionized the traditional Urdu ghazal from conventional romantic formulas into an intellectual space for existential doubt, metaphysical wit, and philosophical irony. His published personal letters also pioneered informal, conversational modern Urdu prose.

Key Life Milestones

1841

Publication of the Diwan-e-Ghalib

Published his celebrated Urdu Diwan containing his masterly ghazals of philosophical doubt and longing.

1850

Title of Najm-ud-Daula

Conferred the hereditary aristocratic titles of Najm-ud-Daula and Dabir-ul-Mulk by Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Mazar-e-Ghalib (Nizamuddin Basti)
New Delhi, India

                         GPS: 28.5917, 77.2417                    

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