Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810) was a major Urdu poet of Mughal-era India and is widely regarded as one of the language’s finest ghazal poets. He authored six collections of Urdu poetry and also wrote the Persian autobiographical work *Ẕikr-i Mīr*, an important source for understanding his life and literary world. His poetry helped establish the expressive possibilities of classical Urdu verse.