 The first major and still current critical articulation about Mir Anis was "Muazna-e-Anis-o-Dabir" (1907) written by Shibli Nomani in which he said "the poetic qualities and merits of Anis are not matched by any other poet".Chhannu Lal Dilgeer (c 1780 – c 1848), another marsiya poet, was born during the reign of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daulah.He was initially a ghazal poet with the takhallus ‘Tarab’, before focusing on marsiya at a later stage.