| The grave of Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib,' (1797-1869)
is located north of the enclosure of Chaunsath Khamba, close
to the Nizamuddin shrine in Nizamuddin West. Mirza Ghalib, as
he is popularly known, is considered the Urdu Shakespeare and
was the greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He was a great
writer of ghazals, the lyrical love poems of Urdu. He was a
friend of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah 'Zafar' and was appointed
the teacher of Bahadur Shah II. Mirza Ghalib's grave is covered
by a marble structure and is within a small courtyard, which
is always locked. The little cemetery has a few more graves
set around the grave of the great poet and is located next to
the large Ghalib Academy. The Ghalib Academy was established
by the government and has an extensive library of Urdu Literature.
It also houses a well-maintained museum. The museum has a large
collection of rocks, paintings and works of the great poet,
who described Delhi as 'the Soul of the World'. |
