A full account of the poets of the reign of the Emperor Akbar is given in the Nafā'isu-l-Ma'āir, well known as the Taẕkirāh of Mīr ‘Alā'u-d-daulah,* which is the source from which the mate­rials for this brief account are extracted. Some of these poets have composed dīvāns. I have written of those with whom I was acquainted, whom I have even seen, whether near or from afar, or who have acquired fame.