Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, better known by his pen name Mirza Ghalib, was a preeminent 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals are considered masterpieces of South Asian literature.

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian-language poet
Urdu poet
ghazal poet
letter writer
person
poet
activeInCentury 19th century
alsoKnownAs Mirza Ghalib
surface form: Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib
associatedWith Mughal court
surface form: Mughal court in Delhi
birthDate 1797-12-27
birthPlace Agra
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
burialPlace Nizamuddin area
surface form: Nizamuddin, Delhi
citizenship Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
countryOfActivity India
deathDate 1869-02-15
deathPlace British India
Delhi
ethnicity Turk
familyName Khan
genre ghazal
letter
qasida
givenName Asad Allah
surface form: Asadullah
hasCollection Diwan-e-Ghalib
surface form: Kulliyat-e-Ghalib

Persian Diwan of Ghalib
Diwan-e-Ghalib
surface form: Urdu Diwan of Ghalib
hasPenName Mirza Ghalib
honorific Mirza
influenced Allama Muhammad Iqbal
surface form: Allama Iqbal

Faiz Ahmed Faiz
South Asian literature
modern Urdu poetry
influencedBy Hafez
Persian classical poets
Saadi
surface form: Saadi Shirazi
languageOfWorkOrName Persian
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
movement classical Urdu poetry
notableWork Diwan-e-Ghalib
Persian poetry
Urdu ghazals
occupation courtier
poet
scholar
religion Islam
residence Delhi
spouse Umrao Begum
style classical ghazal
wroteInScript Perso-Arabic script

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Mirza Ghalib fullName Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Asad notableUser Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan