Editing Ghazal (section)

== Important ghazal poets ==
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Ghazals were written by [[Rumi]], [[Hafiz Shirazi|Hafiz]] and [[Saadi Shirazi]] of [[Persia]]; the [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] poets [[Yunus Emre]], [[Fuzuli (poet)|Fuzuli]] and [[Nasimi]] in the [[Ottoman Empire]]; [[Mirza Ghalib]] and [[Muhammad Iqbal]] of [[North India]]; and [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] of [[Bengal]]. Through the influence of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] (1749–1832), the ghazal became very popular in [[Germany]] during the 19th century; the form was used extensively by [[Friedrich Rückert]] (1788–1866) and [[August von Platen]] (1796–1835). The [[Kashmir]]i poet [[Agha Shahid Ali]] was a proponent of the form, both in English and in other languages; he edited a volume of "real Ghazals in English". Ghazals were also written by [[Motiram Bhatta|Moti Ram Bhatta]] (1866–1896), the pioneer of Nepali ghazal writing in [[Nepali language|Nepali]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weallnepali.com/sahitya-sumana/motiram-bhatta|title=Hamza Sinwari Bhatta – We All Nepali|website=www.weallnepali.com|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918110221/http://www.weallnepali.com/sahitya-sumana/motiram-bhatta|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Ghazals were also written by [[Hamza Shinwari]], He is known as the father of [[Pashto]] Ghazals.
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