Urdu-language writers from British India

South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.

18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857

Indian Urdu language poet (1723-1810)

Indian Islamic Scholar (1857–1914)

poet (1846-1921)

poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi

Urdu Poet

Urdu writer

Pakistani writer (1916–2006)

Indian author and editor

Indian writer, editor and diarist

poet

Indian writer

Shayar-e-Inqalab (1894-1982)

Ibn-e-Safi, also spelt Ibne Safi, was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (, 26 July 1928 – 26 July 1980), a Pakistani fiction writer, novelist, and poet who wrote in Urdu. The name Ibn-e-Safi is a Persian expression meaning “Son of Safi,” with Safi translating to “chaste” or “righteous.”

Indian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)

Indian Urdu-language poet

Indian academic, author and translator

sufi Saint from Delhi

Pakistani writer

Pakistani writer and journalist

Indian researcher and poet

writer, poet and novelist (1907-1978)

Urdu short story writer, travel writer, translator, linguist, essayist, and humorist