Reekhta ke tum hi ustad nahiṅ ho ghalib
Kehte haiṅ agle zamane men koi mir bhi tha

Ghalib himself considered him as his master. Mir Muhammad Taqi known as Mir Taqi Mir. Born in Agra, India in August or February 1723. His grandfather had migrated from Hejaz to Hyderabad, then to Akbarabad or Agra. His philosophy of life was formed primarily by his father, Mir Abdullah, a religious man with a large following, whose emphasis on the importance of love and the value of compassion remained with Mir throughout his life and imbued his poetry. 

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