Altaf hussain hali father name

Khwaja Altaf Hussain ‘Hali’, an Urdu poet, writer and social reformer was born in Panipat, Punjab in 1837. He was not only a great poet but, a critic, a teacher, a reformer and an impressive prose-writer. He was the last pupil of ‘Mirza Ghalib’ and a close friend of ‘Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’, founder of Aligarh Muslim University. Circumstances did not allow him to get formal education in a school or college, but through sustained self-effort, he managed to acquire, perfect command of Urdu, Persian and Arabic, and a good working knowledge of English. He later moved to Delhi where he wished to study the Islamic theology and poetic tradition. He was forced to return home, and pursued a government job until displaced by the Independence movement of 1857. After this, he drifted from job to job for several years, and finally settled in Lahore in the mid-1870s.

Hali, on request of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan he wrote the famous Mussadas: ‘Musaddas e-Madd o-Jazr e-Islam Online biography for kids!