

^ An Urdu chronogram by Faḳhr ud-Dīn Persian chronograms by Muṣḥafī and Mīr Qamar ud-Dīn 'Minnat'.^ To be more precise, some time between A.H."Introduction of Selections from the Kulliyat of Sauda, by Major Henry Court, 1872".


Initially he composed in Persian, but switched to Urdu on the advice of his ustad, Ḳhān-e Ārzū. Nawab Āṣif ud-Daulah gave him title of Malkushshu'ara and annual pension of Rs 6,000. King Shah Alam was Shagird (student of Urdu poetry) of Sauda. Sulaimān Qulī Ḳhān 'Vidād' and Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim were his Ustads (teachers of Urdu poetry). When Lucknow became the state capital, he came there with Nawab Shujauddaula.

1185 (1771–72) he moved to the court of Nawab of Awadh (then in Faizabad) and remained there until his death. At the age of 60 or 66, he moved to Farrukhabad (with Nawab Bangash), and lived there from 1757 to about 1770. Old Delhi), where he was also brought up. He was born in 1713 in Shahjahanabad (i.e.
