Qurban Ali Salik (1824-1881)  was a prolific poet of Urdu. He was a disciple of Ghalib and there are certain letters by Ghalib addressed to Salik. The author in the paper laments that despite being a prominent poet and having composed commendable pieces of Urdu poetry, Salik has largely been ignored both by the critics and literary historians of Urdu. This paper is an endeavour to revive Salik and his poetry. This paper describes Salik’s biographical details along with his literary works and certain aspects of his Urdu poetry. The writer has also quoted select poetry of Salik to give the readers some idea as to what kind of poetry Salik composed and what literary merits it had.