Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 - 27 August 1941), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet.[1][2]
Fani Badayuni | |
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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 |
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]
Badayuni started composing poetry around twenty years of age.[4]
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.[5]
His first collection of poems was published in 1917 from Badaun by Naqib Press. His other published works are: