Background
He was born in 1713 in Shahjahanabad (ie Old Delhi), where he was also brought up.
He was born in 1713 in Shahjahanabad (ie Old Delhi), where he was also brought up.
He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas. At the age of 60 or 66, he moved to Farrukhabad (with Nawab Bangash), and lived there from 1757 to about 1770. In Ampere-hour 1185 he moved to court of Nawab of Awadh (then in Faizabad) and remained there till his death.
When Lucknow became state capital, he came there with Nawab Shujauddaula.
He died in Ampere-hour 1195 in Lucknow. King Shah Alam was Shagird (student of Urdu poetry) of Sauda.
He was also Ustad of Shujauddaulla. Nawab Āṣif ud-Daulah gave him title of Malkushshu"ara and annual pension of Rs 6,000.