Mirza Ghalib

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Persian-language poet Urdu poet letter-writer literary figure poet

Mirza Ghalib was a 19th-century Indian poet renowned for his masterful Urdu and Persian ghazals, which profoundly shaped South Asian literature.

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Ghalib	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian-language poet ⓘ Urdu poet ⓘ letter-writer ⓘ literary figure ⓘ poet ⓘ
birthDate	1797-12-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	Agra ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
citizenship	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
commemoratedIn	television serial "Mirza Ghalib" ⓘ
courtTitle	Dabir-ul-Mulk ⓘ Najm-ud-Daulah ⓘ surface form: Najm-ud-Daula Nizam Jung ⓘ
deathDate	1869-02-15 ⓘ
deathPlace	British India ⓘ Delhi ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
ethnicity	Turkic ⓘ
familyName	Khan ⓘ
fullName	Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ⓘ
genre	ghazal ⓘ letter ⓘ qit‘a ⓘ rubai ⓘ
givenName	Asad Allah ⓘ surface form: Asadullah
hasMonument	Ghalib ki Haveli, Delhi ⓘ
honorific	Mirza ⓘ
influenced	South Asian literature ⓘ Urdu literature ⓘ modern Urdu poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
movement	Persian classical poetry ⓘ classical Urdu poetry ⓘ
notableFor	Persian ghazals ⓘ Urdu ghazals ⓘ
notableWork	Diwan-e-Ghalib ⓘ
occupation	courtier ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ
patron	Bahadur Shah II ⓘ surface form: Bahadur Shah Zafar
penName	Asad ⓘ Mirza Ghalib self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghalib
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Delhi ⓘ
spouse	Umrao Begum ⓘ
style	complex imagery ⓘ irony and wit ⓘ philosophical themes ⓘ
subjectOf	Indian postal stamp ⓘ
wroteIn	Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urdu language → hasFamousPoet → Mirza Ghalib ⓘ

subject surface form: Urdu

Mir Taqi Mir → influenced → Mirza Ghalib ⓘ

Faiz Ahmed Faiz → influencedBy → Mirza Ghalib ⓘ

Mirza Ghalib → penName → Mirza Ghalib self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghalib