The Best of Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, pen-name Ghalib, ġhālib means dominant) and (former pen-name) Asad,
asad means lion) (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869), was a classical
Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule. During
his lifetime the Mughals were eclipsed and displaced by the British and
finally deposed following the defeat of the Indian rebellion of 1857,
events that he wrote of. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during
his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different
ways by different people. He is considered, in South Asia, to be one of
the most popular and influential poets of the Urdu language. Ghalib
today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also amongst
diaspora communities around the world.
