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DÄ«wÄn-i GhÄlib-i DihlawÄ«
Mushtamil bar ghazaliyyÄt u rubÄÊ¿iyyÄt-i FÄrsi
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MÄ«rzÄ AsadallÄh KhÄn, better known by his pen-name of GhÄlib DihlawÄ«, is the last one of the great poets of the Mughal era. Born in Agra in 1212/1797, he traced his origins back to TÅ«rÄn, his paternal grandfather having emigrated from Transoxania to India during the reign of ShÄh Ê¿Älam (r. 1759-1806). While mostly known as one of the foremost Urdu poets, GhÄlibâs Persian work, poetry and prose, is of comparable quality. In his childhood days, his Persian had been greatly improved thanks to the teachings of a Persian immigrant by the name of Ê¿Abd al-á¹¢amad. But even if GhÄlib acknowledged Ê¿Abd al-á¹¢amadâs qualities as a teacher and a human being, as a writer of Persian poetry, he regarded his talents as God-given. GhÄlibâs life was full of drama: an unhappy marriage, the loss of all his children, alcoholism, depression, and years of financial hardship. Plagued by ill health, he died in Delhi, aged 71.