Bhai Nand Lal

Bhai Nand Lal, also known by his pen name Goya, was a 17th-century Sikh poet in the Punjab region. He served as the Mir Munshi of the Mughal prince Bahadur Shah. He would be bestowed with the Mulla Goya title by Aurangzeb for his theological expositions. Later, he came the most celebrated poet from the Kavi Darbar of Guru Gobind Singh. A notable work of his were the ghazals he produced. Bhai Nand Lal, a respected Persian scholar, was one of the 52 poets associated with Guru Gobind Singh. He was part of the bhai tradition.