The best of Mirza Ghalib one of the greatest Urdu poets is presented in this compendium. Each of the 104 ghazals 7 miscellaneous nazms and 68 selected letters are presented in the original Urdu text with a parallel translation in simple lucid English and a transliteration in Roman script for readers who are not familiar with Urdu in Persian script. A critical introduction to Ghalib's work chronology of important events in his life and bibliography are also provided.