Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, better known by his pen name Mirza Ghalib, was a preeminent 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals are considered masterpieces of South Asian literature.

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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian-language poet ⓘ
Urdu poet ⓘ
ghazal poet ⓘ
letter writer ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ghalib ⓘ
linked to: Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib ⓘ
associatedWith Mughal court in Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Mughal court
birthDate 1797-12-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Agra ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Nizamuddin, Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Nizamuddin area
citizenship Mughal Empire ⓘ
countryOfActivity India ⓘ
deathDate 1869-02-15 ⓘ
deathPlace British India ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
ethnicity Turk ⓘ
familyName Khan ⓘ
genre ghazal ⓘ
letter ⓘ
qasida ⓘ
givenName Asadullah ⓘ
linked to: Asad Allah
hasCollection Kulliyat-e-Ghalib ⓘ
linked to: Diwan-e-Ghalib

Persian Diwan of Ghalib ⓘ
Urdu Diwan of Ghalib ⓘ
linked to: Diwan-e-Ghalib
hasPenName Mirza Ghalib ⓘ
honorific Mirza ⓘ
influenced Allama Iqbal ⓘ
Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ
South Asian literature ⓘ
modern Urdu poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Hafez ⓘ
Persian classical poets ⓘ
Saadi Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Saadi
languageOfWorkOrName Persian ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
movement classical Urdu poetry ⓘ
notableWork Diwan-e-Ghalib ⓘ
Persian poetry ⓘ
Urdu ghazals ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
poet ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Delhi ⓘ
spouse Umrao Begum ⓘ
style classical ghazal ⓘ
wroteInScript Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

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

Mirza Ghalib → fullName → Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ⓘ
Asad → notableUser → Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ⓘ
Persian Diwan of Ghalib → creatorBirthName → Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ⓘ