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Ghani Kashmiri

Muhammad Tahir Ghani Shah (1660-1669), better known as Ghani Kashmiri, was a poet of great eminence during the Mughal period. His collection of persian poetry is called Diwan-i-Ghani. Ghani influenced many generations of Persian and Urdu writing poets in South Asia including Mir Taqi Mir, Ghalib and most importantly, Iqbal. Ghani's "forte" lies in creating delightful poetic images, usually by stating an abstract idea in the first hemistich and following it up with a concrete exemplification in the other. He also stands out for his multi-layered poems, which exploit the double meaning of words. Ghani Kashmiri's poetry was translated into English by Mufti Mudasir Farooqi and Nusrat Bazaz as 'The Captured Gazelle' in the Penguin Classics list.