diff --git a/api/src/import.ts b/api/src/import.ts
index ce4f6368..8c6e527d 100644
--- a/api/src/import.ts
+++ b/api/src/import.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ for (const entry of manifest.Poets) {
   try {
     await client.query('BEGIN');
     await client.query(
-      `INSERT INTO poets (id, url, name, nickname, description, birth_year_ah, death_year_ah)
-       VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7)
-       ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET url=$2, name=$3, nickname=$4, description=$5, birth_year_ah=$6, death_year_ah=$7`,
+      `INSERT INTO poets (id, url, name, nickname, description, birth_year_ah, death_year_ah, birth_year_ce, death_year_ce)
+       VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9)
+       ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET url=$2, name=$3, nickname=$4, description=$5, birth_year_ah=$6, death_year_ah=$7,
+         birth_year_ce=$8, death_year_ce=$9`,
       [poet.Id, poet.FullUrl, poet.Name, poet.Nickname, poet.Description,
-       poet.ValidBirthDate ? poet.BirthYearInLHijri : null, poet.ValidDeathDate ? poet.DeathYearInLHijri : null],
+       poet.ValidBirthDate ? poet.BirthYearInLHijri : null, poet.ValidDeathDate ? poet.DeathYearInLHijri : null,
+       poet.BirthYearCE ?? null, poet.DeathYearCE ?? null],
     );
     // categories depth-first so parents exist before children
     const walk = async (url: string, position: number): Promise<void> => {
diff --git a/api/src/server.ts b/api/src/server.ts
index 85132b1f..335232ed 100644
--- a/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/api/src/server.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ app.get('/health', async () => {
 
 app.get('/api/poets', async () => {
   const { rows } = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT id, url, name, nickname, birth_year_ah, death_year_ah, pin_order FROM poets ORDER BY birth_year_ah NULLS LAST, nickname',
+    'SELECT id, url, name, nickname, birth_year_ah, death_year_ah, birth_year_ce, death_year_ce, pin_order FROM poets ORDER BY birth_year_ah NULLS LAST, nickname',
   );
   return rows;
 });
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index ffb729e0..c94aa7e8 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS poets (
     pin_order     integer                        -- featured on the home page (db/featured.sql)
 );
 ALTER TABLE poets ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS pin_order integer;
+ALTER TABLE poets ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS birth_year_ce integer;  -- Gregorian (عیسوی)
+ALTER TABLE poets ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS death_year_ce integer;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS categories (
     id        integer PRIMARY KEY,
diff --git a/web/src/lib/urdu.ts b/web/src/lib/urdu.ts
index bc4946d5..18e3ee3b 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/urdu.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/urdu.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ const ORDINALS = ['', 'پہلی', 'دوسری', 'تیسری', 'چوتھی', 'پ
 export const centuryOf = (yearAh: number | null) => (yearAh ? Math.floor(yearAh / 100) + 1 : null);
 export const centuryName = (c: number | null) => (c ? `${ORDINALS[c] ?? ud(c)} صدی ہجری` : 'دیگر شعرا');
 
-export const years = (birth: number | null, death: number | null) =>
-  birth || death ? `${birth ? ud(birth) : '؟'} – ${death ? ud(death) : '؟'} ھ` : '';
+const span = (a: number | null, b: number | null, mark: string) =>
+  a || b ? `${a ? ud(a) : '؟'} – ${b ? ud(b) : '؟'} ${mark}` : '';
+// Hijri and Gregorian (عیسوی): "۱۲۹۴ – ۱۳۵۷ ھ · ۱۸۷۷ – ۱۹۳۸ ء"
+export const years = (p: { birth_year_ah: number | null; death_year_ah: number | null; birth_year_ce?: number | null; death_year_ce?: number | null }) =>
+  [span(p.birth_year_ah, p.death_year_ah, 'ھ'), span(p.birth_year_ce ?? null, p.death_year_ce ?? null, 'ء')].filter(Boolean).join(' · ');
diff --git a/web/src/pages/[...path].astro b/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
index 752fcca5..94241bfd 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
+++ b/web/src/pages/[...path].astro
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const title = page.type === 'poem' ? page.poem.title : page.type === 'poet' ? pa
   {page.type === 'poet' && (
     <>
       <h1>{page.poet.name}</h1>
-      <p class="muted">{years(page.poet.birth_year_ah, page.poet.death_year_ah)}</p>
+      <p class="muted">{years(page.poet)}</p>
       {page.poet.description && <div class="intro">{page.poet.description}</div>}
     </>
   )}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/index.astro b/web/src/pages/index.astro
index bc1843e1..4c29ee8e 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/web/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const pinned = poets.filter((p) => p.pin_order).sort((a, b) => a.pin_order! - b.
       <h2>مقبول شعرا</h2>
       <div class="poets">
         {pinned.map((p) => (
-          <a class="poet-card" href={p.url}>{p.nickname}<small>{years(p.birth_year_ah, p.death_year_ah)}</small></a>
+          <a class="poet-card" href={p.url}>{p.nickname}<small>{years(p)}</small></a>
         ))}
       </div>
     </section>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const pinned = poets.filter((p) => p.pin_order).sort((a, b) => a.pin_order! - b.
         {list.map((p) => (
           <a class="poet-card" href={p.url}>
             {p.nickname}
-            <small>{years(p.birth_year_ah, p.death_year_ah)}</small>
+            <small>{years(p)}</small>
           </a>
         ))}
       </div>