Siraj Aurangabadi
Sayyid Sirajuddin, commonly known as Siraj Aurangabadi (; 1715 - 1763), was an Indian mystic poet who initially wrote in Persian and later started writing in Urdu. Work and Life. The anthology of his poems, "Kulliyat-e-Siraj", contains his ghazals along with his masnavi "Nazm-i-Siraj". He was influenced by Persian poet Hafiz. He had also compiled and edited a selection of Persian poets under the title "Muntakhib Diwan". The anthology of his poems, entitled "Siraj-e-Sukhan", was included in "Kulliyat-e-Siraj". He stopped writing poetry at the age of 24. In his later life, Aurangabadi  renounced the world and became a Sufi ascetic. He lived a life of isolation, though a number of younger poets and admirers used to gather at his place for poetic instruction and religious edification. His ghazal "Khabar-e-Tahayyur-e-Ishq" has been sung by Abida Parveen and Ali Sethi paid a tribute to the singer by singing the same ghazal in 2020.