Dewan-e-Ghalib (Illustrated)

Mirza Ghalib was born in Kala Mahal in Agra, the city of Taj Mahal, in 1797. Muhammad Hussain Azad, a biographer, says, “What an inborn temperament he brought with him! One that created such high flight in his ideas, such meaning-creation in his mind, such style in his thoughts, innovative constructs in his words, and a novel path in his composition.” He died at the age of 73 in 1869.