Ghalib was born in Agra to a family descended from Aibak Turks who moved to Samarkand after the downfall of the Seljuk kings.
ہوئی مدت کہ غالب مر گیا پر یاد آتا ہے
وہ ہر اک بات پر کہنا کہ یوں ہوتا تو کیا ہوتا
It's been long since Ghalib died, but we rememberوہ ہر اک بات پر کہنا کہ یوں ہوتا تو کیا ہوتا
His habit of saying for everything 'what if it were otherwise?'
