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MIRZA GHALIB: Mirza Ghalib was born in Kala Mahal,  Agra [5]  into a family descended from Aibak  Turks  who moved to  Samarkand (in modern-day  Uzbekistan ) after the downfall of the  Seljuk  kings. His paternal grandfather, Mirza Qoqan Baig Khan, was a  Saljuq Turk  who had immigrated to  India  from  Samarkand  during the reign of Ahmad Shah (1748–54). [ citation needed ]  He worked at  Lahore ,  Delhi  and  Jaipur , was awarded the subdistrict of  Pahasu  (Bulandshahr, UP) and finally settled in  Agra , UP,  India . He had four sons and three daughters. Mirza Abdullah Baig Khan and Mirza Nasrullah Baig Khan were two of his sons. [ citation needed ] Mirza Abdullah Baig Khan (Ghalib's father) married Izzat-ut-Nisa Begum, an ethnic  Kashmiri , [6]  and then lived at the house of his father-in-law. He was employed first by the  Nawab  of  Luckn...