Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 - 27 August 1941), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet.
Early life
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.
Career
Badayuni started composing poetry around twenty years of age.
In Hyderabad
Badayuni 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.
Bibliography
His first collection of poems was published in 1917 from Badaun by Naqib Press. His other published works are:
Baqiyat-e-Fani (1926) published by Maktab-e-Agra
Irfaniyat-e-Fani (1938) published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu
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)
See also
List of Indian Urdu poets
List of Indian poets
References
Further reading
Fani Badayuni (Urdu writer) by Mughni Tabassum, pp. 92 (1993) Jadid Urdu Shairi by Abdl Qadir Sarwari (1946) Tareekh-o-tanqeed Adabiyat-e-Urdu by Hamid Husain Qadri (1947) Agra A History of Urdu Literature by Muhammad Sadiq-(1967) A detailed account of Fani's personal life can be found in the Urdu book Durbaar-e-Durbaar, by Sadq Jaisi and in the English translation (The Nocturnal Court) of the same book by Narendra Luther.
External links
Fani Badayuni at Kavita Kosh (Hindi font) Fani Badayuni at Urdupoetry.com