Fani Badayuni | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shaukat Ali Khan 1879 Badaun, North-Western Provinces, British India |
| Died | 27 August 1961 (aged 81-82) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Urdu poet, lawyer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Genre | Ghazal , Nazm |
Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 - 27 August 1941), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet. [1] [2]
He was schooled at Government High School and graduated from Bareilly College in 1901, studied law at Aligarh Muslim University, earning L.L.B. degree in 1906. [3] [4]
Badayuni started composing poetry around Eleven years of age. [5] [6]
Fani migrated to Hyderabad, India after the Nizam's diwan Maharaja Kishan Prasad 'Shad', an Urdu lover and poet, got Fani appointed in the department of education. [7] [8]
His first collection of poems was published in 1917 from Badaun by Naqib Press. His other published works are: [9]
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