Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq was an Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion. He wrote poetry under the pen name "Zauq", and was appointed poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi at the age of just 19.
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Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq was an Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetry and religion. He wrote poetry under the pen name "Zauq", and was appointed poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi at the age of just 19. Later he was given the title of Khaqani-e-Hind by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar who was also his disciple in poetry.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1790 to 1854 · aged 64
Written about in
14 languages
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