Fani Badayuni


Shaukat Ali Khan , better known as Fani Badayuni, was an Indian Urdu poet.

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.

Career

Badayuni started composing poetry around Eleven years of age.

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.