Fani Badayuni
Indian writer
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Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 – 27 August 1961), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet.[1][2]
Fani Badayuni | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shaukat Ali Khan 1879 |
| Died | 27 August 1961 (aged 81–82) |
| Education | Aligarh Muslim University |
| Occupations | Urdu poet, lawyer |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Ghazal, Nazm |
Early life and education
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]
Career
Badayuni started composing poetry around Eleven years of age.[5][6]
In Hyderabad
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]
Bibliography
His first collection of poems was published in 1917 from Badaun by Naqib Press. His other published works are:[9]
- Baqiyat-e-Fani (1926) published by Maktab-e-Agra[10][11]
- Irfaniyat-e-Fani (1938) published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu[12]
- Fani ki nadir tahriren: Havashi, tasrihat aur tanqidi ja'ize ke sath by Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (1968)
- Intikhab-i Fani (Silsilah-yi matbu°at) by Shaukat °Ali Khan Fani Badayuni
- Irfaniyat-i-Fani: Ya'ni Janab Shaukat Ali Khan Sahib Fani Badayuni ke qadim-o-jadid kalam ka mukammal majmu'ah (Silsilah-e-Anjuman-e
- Taraqqi Urdu) by Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (1939)
- Kulliyat-i Fani (Silsilah-e-matbu'at) by Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (1992)[13]
