Muztar Khairabadi

Muztar Khairabadi مضطر خیرآبادی
Born	Iftikhar Hussain 1862 Khairabad
Died	1927 Gwalior
Language	Urdu
Nationality	Indian

Iftikhar Hussain, popularly known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi (Urdu: مضطر خیرآبادی‎) (born 1862–died 1927), was an Indian Urdu poet. He was the father of noted poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar and grandfather of Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar. His great grandchildren include Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Kabir Akhtar, and Nishat Akhtar.

Khairabadi was born in Khairabad to Ahmad Hasan "Ruswa" and Mohatrama Bibi Hirman Khairabadi. He was the grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi who was also a poet, philosopher, religious scholar, Arabist, Persian and Urdu writer and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Khairabadi's first mentor was his mother. He spent his life in Khairabad, Tonk, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal and Rampur.

In his final years, he lived and worked in Indore. He received numerous distinguishing titles, including Khan Bahadur, Eitbar-ul-Mulk, and Iftikhar-ul-Shaura. He received numerous distinguishing titles, He died in 1927 in Gwalior and is buried there.

...
Wikipedia