Ismail Meeruthi

Maulvi Muhammad Ismail Meeruthi was a poet, teacher and educational writer. He played an important part in the early formation of the modern Urdu nazm. His poetry for children and his Urdu textbooks connected literature with everyday education.

Nature, sympathy and practical life appear in his verse in polished, accessible language. His work in different poetic forms reveals the variety of his literary character.