Diwan-i Ghalib-i Dihlawi

Mirza Asadallah Khan, better known by his pen-name of Ghalib Dihlawi, is the last one of the great poets of the Mughal era. Born in Agra in 1212/1797, he traced his origins back to Turan, his paternal grandfather having emigrated from Transoxania to India during the reign of Shah ?Alam (r. 1759-1806). While mostly known as one of the foremost Urdu poets, Ghalib's Persian work, poetry and prose, is...