The document provides biographical information about the famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib. It states that he was born in 1797 in Agra and died in 1869 in Delhi. He wrote many ghazals and is considered one of the most popular poets of the Urdu language. Though he received royal titles and positions, he struggled with debts from gambling and drinking. The document also provides details about his published works and influence on Urdu poetry and prose.

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Name : MIRZA ASAD ULLAH BAIG KHAN.
Father’s name : MIRZA ABDULLAH BAIG
KHAN.
Mother’s name : IZZAT-UN- NISA BEGUM.
Born on : 27th DECEMBER 1797 in AGRA.
Married to : UMRAO BEGUM at the age of 13.
Pen names : GHALIB (means DOMINANT) and
ASAD (means LION).
Honorific names : DABER-UL-MULK,NIZAM-EJANG AND NAJAM-UD-DAULA.
Died on : 15TH FEBUARY 1869 in DEHLI.
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Ghalib was the last great poet of the mughal’s
period.
He wrote many ghazals.
He is considered to be one of the most popular
and influential poet of Urdu language.
It is said that Ghalib had a weakness for drinking
and gambling.
These two vices were something that he was truly
fond of in his lifetime.
It is also said that Ghalib had seven children, but
sadly none of them survived. This pain has found
its way into his poetry.
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Ghalib was one of the important court poets
in the court of Bahadur Shah Zafar II.
The royal titles of DABEER-UL-MULK and
NAJAM-UD-DAULAH were also also
given to him by bahadur shah zafar.
He started writing his poetry in persian
language but later he started writing in
french.
But most of his poetry is in URDU.
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5. Books by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
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DIWAN-E-GHALIB
GHAZALS OF GHALIB
LOVE SONNETS
URDU LETTERS BY GHALIB
THE FAMOUS GHALIB
THE LIGHTENING SHOULD HAVE FALLEN
ON GHALIB
ZAKHEERA-E-PANJ (written in french)
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His poetry is said to have a muddled
description of his lover, which is considered to
be the most beautiful part of his poetries.
Mirza Ghalib was a gifted letter writer. Not
only Urdu poetry but the prose is also indebted
to Ghalib.
He made his letters "talk" by using words and
sentences as if he were conversing with the
reader.
His letters gave foundation to easy and
popular Urdu.
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It is said about GHALIB that he gave a new life to
Urdu poetry, especially to URDU GHAZAL.
Many great poets appreciated his work and said
that, till the end of the world we would not have a
poet like “GHALIB”.
Tomb of Ghalib in DEHLI
THANKYOU.
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