Mirja Ghalib’s grandfather married and had four sons and three daughters. But destiny made him to finally settle in Agra. After his migration to India, Ghalib’s grandfather worked throughout the country including in cities like Lahore, Delhi and Jaipur. His paternal grandfather, Mirza Qoqan Baig, was a Seljuq Turk who had immigrated to India from Samarkand during the reign of Ahmad Shah. Mirza Ghalib was born on 27th December 1797 in Kala Mahal, Agra into a family descended from Aibak Turks who had moved to Samarkand (Uzbekistan). Early Life of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib He is also considered from the pioneers who transformed the Urdu language. Some academics have regarded Mirza Ghalib as the last great poet of the Mughal Era. Some of those titles are Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula and Mirza Nosha. He lived during the last years of the Mughal Empire.ĭue to his marvelous abilities as a poet both in Urdu & Persian, he was given a number of honorific titles. Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, widely known as Mirza Ghalib / Mirja Ghalib or simply Ghalib was a conspicuous Urdu and Persian poet. Honestly, the lives of some of our venerated Urdu poets have been lost and are in a dire need of a rebirth, at least in mention.
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