List of Marsiya writers in Urdu

Following is a list of Marsiya writers in the Urdu language.

Dakhani School

• Waheed Akhtar (1934–1996), Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and one of the leading Muslim scholars and philosophers of the 20th century

Baqer Amanatkhani (1905-1990), urdu poet, wrote 36 Marsiyas, more than 435 salaams, 200 Nauhas totalling more than 40,000 couplets in praise of Ahlulbayt.

Dehlavi School

• Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda (1713–1781),
• Khwaja Mir Dard (1721–1785),
• Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810),

Awadhi School

• Azeem Amrohvi
• Nasim Amrohvi (-1987)
• Kaifi Azmi (1919–2002)
• Mir Babar Ali Anis (1802–1874),
• Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (1803–1875),
• Josh Malihabadi (1898–1982),
• Mohd Afzal "Farigh Sitapuri" (27.01.1843 - 17.06.1900)
• Ali Haider Tabatabai (1854–1933), born 1854 in Awadh, died 1933 in Hyderabad Deccan, India, was a poet, translator and a scholar of languages, Dr.Syed Ali Imam zaidi (Gauhar)Great-grandson of Mir Babar Ali Anees.Syed Mustafa Meerza (Rasheed)Maternal grandson of Anees.Syed sajjad Husain (shadeed)

Pakistani School

• Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911–1984),
• Hilal Naqvi (b.1950)

See also

• Marsiya
• List of Urdu-language poets
• Muhammad Ali Naqvi - Marsiyakhwani

References