Ghalib: Selected Poems

by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

GHALIB: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mirza Asadullah Beg (1797-1869}, known as Ghalib (conqueror), a pen-name or takhallus he adopted in the tradition of all classical Urdu poets, was born in the city of Agra of parents with Turkish aristocratic ancestry. When he was only five his father Abdullah Beg Khan died in a battle while working under Rao Raja Bakhtwar Singh of Alwar and his uncle Nasrullah Beg Khan took charge of him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481866346
• ISBN13: 9781481866347
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"