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A Shayar is a poet who composes Sher in the Urdu language. Shayar is not restricted to write only in Urdu, but can write in Hindi, Urdu, and Persian. Commonly, a Shayar is someone who writes Ghazals, Nazms using the Urdu language. One doesn't need to know how to write in Urdu in order to write a Ghazal. Amir Khusro is considered to be one of the foremost Shayars of the world, who existed during 1253-1325 and wrote in Persian. Mirza Ghalib is considered the ultimate authority in Urdu Poetry. He lived in Delhi and died in 1869.
