Dating the ghazals of the ‘traditional divan’

This chart is based largely on the work of Kalidas Gupta Raza (who in turn relies on the work of Arshi), and especially on Raza’s definitive 1995 divan edition. For comparison, here’s a timeline of Ghalib’s life. NOTE: the unpublished ghazals date almost entirely from his earlier years, almost all from the 1810's and 1820's. Precise source information will be found on the index page of Raza 1995.

1812 {088}
1813-1816nusḳhah-e bhopāl [available *on this site*] {001}, {002}, {005}, {008}, {012}, {015}, {023}, {024}, {025}, {028}, {033}, {037}, {039}, {041}, {044}, {045}, {047}, {050}, {053}, {054}, {063}, {064}, {065}, {067}, {069}, {073}, {074}, {075}, {076}, {079}, {081}, {082}, {084}, {093}, {094}, {096}, {103}, {104}, {105}, {109}, {113}, {117}, {128}, {142}, {143}, {145}, {146}, {147}, {149}, {155}, {156}, {165}, {166}, {171}, {172}, {184}, {185}, {187}, {188}, {192}, {194}, {195}, {197}, {199}, {200}, {203}, {206}, {211}, {212}, {213}, {217}, {220}, {221}, {222}, {223}, {224}, {225}, {226}, {227}, {229}, {230}
1817-1821 — marginalia from the nusḳhah-e bhopāl and the nusḳhah-e ḥamīdiyah  [available *on this site*] {003}, {004}, {006}, {009}, {011}, {016}, {017}, {018}, {027}, {029}, {034}, {035}, {038}, {040}, {042}, {056}, {057}, {058}, {061}, {068}, {071}, {072}, {077}, {078}, {090}, {092}, {108}, {116}, {119}, {130}, {131}, {132}, {133}, {136}, {137}, {138}, {139}, {140}, {141}, {148}, {152}, {164}, {167}, {168}, {170}, {175}, {182}, {186}, {189}, {190}, {210}, {214}, {228}, {233}
1822-1826nusḳhah-e sherānī [available *on this site*] and other ghazals after 1821 {007}, {013}, {019}, {048}, {049}, {051}, {080}, {085}, {129}, {153}, {154}, {193}, {205}
1826 — ghazals that can be dated specifically to this year {095}, {112}, {114}, {176}, {196}, {202}
1827-1828 — nusḳhah-e sherānī marginalia and gul-e raʿnā [here are its *Urdu ghazals*] and ghazals after 1826 {010}, {021}, {087}, {100}, {101}, {123}, {157},  {169}, {183}
1828-1833nusḳhah-e rāmpūr and other ghazals {052}, {055}, {060}, {083}, {089}, {106}, {122}, {127}, {135}, {144}, {158}, {173}
1834-1847 — the 1841 and 1847 printed dīvān volumes, and manuscript sources, for the following four groups: [The 1841 divan is available here.]
        1835 {150}
        1838 {121}
        after 1838 {134}, {198}, {207}
        1847 {086}, {091}, {097}, {098}, {234}
1848-1852 — nusḳhah-e lāhor and other ghazals in the following five groups:
        after 1847 {020}, {030}, {031}, {032}, {036}, {043}, {059}, {124}, {151}, {159}, {160}, {161}, {162}, {174}, {177}, {178}, {179}, {215}
        1849 {099}
        1850 {110}
        1851 {163}, {231}
        1852 {014}, {062}, {066}, {102}, {111}, {191}, {204}, {232}
1853-1857 — nusḳhah-e rāmpūr, 2nd edition, and other ghazals in the following four groups:
        1853 {115}, {120}, {125}, {180}, {201}, {208}, {209}, {219}
        1854 {022}, {026}, {126}
        1854-1855 {046}
        1855 {107}, {118}, {181}, {218}
1857-1862 — the 1861 and 1862 printed dīvān volumes, and other ghazals:
        1858-1862 {216}
        1862 {070}

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