Mīr Taqī Mīr
Indian poet
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contribution to Urdu literature
- In South Asian arts: Ghazal
…ghazal writers in Urdu are Mīr Taqī Mīr, in the 18th century, and Mīrzā Asadullāh Khān Ghālib, in the 19th. They are in some ways diametrical opposites. The first prefers either very long metres or very short, employs a simple, non-Persianized language, and restricts himself to affairs of the heart.…
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