Listed below are major Urdu poets, sorted by date of birth. As far as possible in the list below, the takhallus, or nom de plume, is mentioned in italics after the name. * Amir Khusro (1253-1325) * Quli Qutub Shah (1565–1611) * Wali Mohammed Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707) * Syed Azlan Shah (Gojra) * Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781) * Mirza Muhammad Rafi, Sauda (1713–1780) * Khwaja Mir Dard, Dard (1721–1785) * Mir Taqi Mir, Mir (1723–1810) * Nazeer Akbarabadi (1740–1830) * Bahadur Shah, "Zafar" (1775–1862) * Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846) * Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854) * Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1796–1869) * Hakim Mumin Khan Mumin, Mumin (1801–1852) * Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (1803-1875) *