Background
Khairabadi was born in Khairabad to Ahmad Hasan "Ruswa" and Mohatrama Bibi Hirman Khairabadi.
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, including Khan Bahadur, Eitbar-ul-Mulk, and Iftikhar-ul-Shaura.
He died in 1927 in Gwalior and is buried there. Khairabadi wrote many poetry books which have been praised by writers and poets.
He also published a literary magazine entitled Karishama-e-Dilbar.
Most of his literary work has been lost. Bibliography
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.