Faces Hidden in the Dust: Selected Ghazals of Ghalib

by Tony Barnstone

Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (1797-1869), known by his pen names Asad ("lion") and Ghalib ("superior"), is the famous romantic and mystical poet of the Mughal Empire (1526-1858) in India. He is the most-beloved and most widely read poet of the Urdu language, the dominant language of northern India and Pakistan that emerged through the blending of Hindustani with Arabic and Persian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945680504
• ISBN13: 9781945680502
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: White Pine Press (NY)
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"