Urdu poet (1865-1927

Iftikhar Hussain (1865 – 1927), known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Bibliography
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 Further reading

Biography

Khairabadi was born in 1865 in Khairabad. He was the grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, who was also a poet, philosopher, religious scholar, Arabist, Persian and Urdu writer and freedom fighter. Khairabadi's first mentor was his mother. He spent his life in Khairabad, Tonk, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal and Rampur.

He received the *les Eitbar-ul-Mulk, and Iftikhar-ul-Shaura. He died in 1927 in Gwalior, and is buried there.

He was the father of poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar and grandfather of Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar. His great grandchildren include Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, and Kabir Akhtar.

Khairabadi wrote poetry books. He also published a literary magazine en*led Karishama-e-Dilbar.

Khairabadi died on 27 March 1927 in Gwalior.

Bibliography

His works include:

• Nazr-e-Khuda (in Praise of God), a poetry collection
• Meelaad-e-Mustafa, the collection of na`at
• Behr-e-Taweel, a poem
• Marg-e-Ghalat ki Fariyad, a ghazal

See also

• List of Urdu language poets

References

Further reading

• Khalil Ullah Khan, Muztar Khairabadi: Hayat aur shairi (Urdu Publishers, National Socialist German Workers' Partyr Abad, Lucknow, 1979).
• Mohammed Abdul Shahid Khan Sherwani, Baghi Hindustan (Almajma al-Islami, Mubarakpur, 1947).
• Nashtar Khairabadi, ed., Ilhaamaat (1934).