Mirza Ghalib

Local name مرزا اسد اللٌٰه خان غالب Conceived Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan 27 December 1797 Kala Mahal, Akbarabad, Mughal Empire (Present day: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India) Passed on 15 February 1869 (matured 71) Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, British India (Present day: Ghalib ki Haveli, Delhi, India) Nom de plume Ghalib, Asad Occupation Artist Enough said Mughal time, British Raj Class Ghazal, Qasida, Ruba'i, Qit'a, Marsiya Subject Love, Philosophy, Mysticism Guardians Mirza Abdullah Baig Khan (father) Izzat-un-Nisa Begum (mother) He wrote in both Urdu and Persian. Despite the fact that his Persian Divan is no less than quite a bit longer than his Urdu Divan, his notoriety lays on his verse in Urdu. Today, Ghalib stays mainstream in the Indian subcontinent as well as among the Hindustani diaspora around the world.[4]