Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, also known by the pen names of Ghalib and Asad, was an Indian poet. His honorific was Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.

How did Mirza Ghalib died?

He was employed first by the Nawab of Lucknow and then the Nizam of Hyderabad, Deccan. He died in a battle in 1803 in Alwar and was buried at Rajgarh (Alwar, Rajasthan). ... He was then raised by his Uncle Mirza Nasrullah Baig Khan, but in 1806, Nasrullah fell off an elephant and died from related injuries.

When was Mirza Ghalib born and died?

Ghalib was born on December 27, 1797 and breathed his last on February 15, 1869, in an area in Old Delhi's Ballimaran.