Shaukat Ali Khan (1879 – 27 August 1961), better known as Fani Badayuni (his takhallus), was an Indian Urdu poet.the second most celebrated son of the sleepy Awadh town
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.Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2
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.The Last Nizam By Basant K. Bawa page 59
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 UrduEncyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 2 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