Muztar Khairabadi

Iftikhar Hussain, known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi (Urdu: مضطر خیر آبادی‎; 1865 – 1927), was an Indian Urdu poet.[1][2]

Muztar Khairabadi
Native name
مضطر خیر آبادی
BornIftikhar Hussain
1865 (1865)
Khairabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
(Present day: Khairabad,
Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India)
DiedMarch 27, 1927(1927-03-27) (aged 64–65)
Gwalior, Gwalior State
(Present day: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
OccupationPoet
LanguageUrdu
NationalityIndian
ChildrenJan Nisar Akhtar
RelativesFazl-e-Haq Khairabadi
(grandfather)
Javed Akhtar,
Salman Akhtar
(grandsons)
Farhan Akhtar,
Zoya Akhtar,
Kabir Akhtar
(great-grandchildren)

Biography

Khairabadi was born in 1865 in Khairabad.[3] 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.Khairabadi's first mentor was his mother.[4] He spent his life in Khairabad, Tonk, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal and Rampur.

He received the titles Eitbar-ul-Mulk, and Iftikhar-ul-Shaura.[4] He died in 1927 in Gwalior, and is buried there.[4]

He was the father of poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar and grandfather of Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar.[5][4] His great grandchildren include Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, and Kabir Akhtar.[5]

Khairabadi wrote poetry books. He also published a literary magazine entitled Karishama-e-Dilbar.[4]

Khairabadi died on 27 March 1927 in Gwalior.[3]

Bibliography

His works include:[4]

  • Nazr-e-Khuda (in Praise of God), a poetry collection
  • Meelaad-e-Mustafa, the collection of na`at
  • Behr-e-Taweel, a poem
  • Marg-e-Ghalat ki Fariyad, a ghazal

See also
  • List of Urdu language poets

References
  1. "Incorrect verses". The Tribune India.com. 2 January 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "A vein of grief". The Hindu.com. 23 June 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. Mohammad Shamsul Haq, Paimana-e-Ghazal, vol. 1, pg 241
  4. "Muztar Khairabadi: Grand father of noted lyricist Jawed Akhtar". rekhta.org. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. "Muztar Khairabadi". Sher-o-Sukhan. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

Further reading
  • Khalil Ullah Khan, Muztar Khairabadi: Hayat aur shairi (Urdu Publishers, Nazir Abad, Lucknow, 1979).
  • Mohammed Abdul Shahid Khan Sherwani, Baghi Hindustan (Almajma al-Islami, Mubarakpur, 1947).
  • Nashtar Khairabadi, ed., Ilhaamaat (1934).
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