Career
Qadri was born in Hyderabad State on 9 August 1909 to Allama Hakeem Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri and Sayyida Mahboob Begum Qadri in an academic family that was well known in literary circles. He was the eldest son. He had two younger brothers Sayyid Imdadullah Qadri and Sayyid Saadullah Qadri.
His father Allama Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri had also written many books and was the First Researcher of Deccaniyat
In 1946, Qadri was the first Journalist of Hyderabad State who wrote in favor of one nation theory in Urdu News Daily Saltanat.