Urdu Poets ( Mir Taqi Mir)

Mir Taqi Mir ( Urdu: مير تقي مير) ( born 1723- died september 20, 1810), whose original name was Muhammad Taqi and Takhallus ( Pen name) was Mir ( sometimes also spelt Meer Taqi Meer), was the leading Urdu Poet of the eighteenth century, and one of the poineers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself. He was the one of the principal poets of the Delhi School of the Urdu Ghazal and remains arguably the foremost name in Urdu poetry.

He was born in Agra, India ( called "Akbarabad" at the time), which at the time was ruled by the Mughals, in 1723. He left for Delhi at the age of 11, following his father's death. His philosophy of life was formed primarily from his father, whose emphasis on the importance of live and the value of compassion remained with him through his life and imbued his poetry. At Delhi, he finished his education and joined a group of nobility as a countier-poet. He lived much of his life in Mughal Delhi. However, after Ahmad Shah Abdali's sack of Delhi each year starting 1748, he eventually moved to the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in lucknow, at the king's invitation. Distressed to witness the plundering of his beloved Delhi, he gave vent to his feeling through some of his couplets. He remained in lucknow for the remainder of his life. He died in lucknow, of a purgative overdose, on 20 september 1810.