Siraj Aurangabadi

Siraj Uddin Aurangabadi
BornSayyid Sirajuddin
1715
Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan
Died1763
Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan
OccupationPoet
LanguageUrdu Persian
NationalityIndian
GenreGhazal, Nazm
SubjectMysticism, Sufism
Notable worksKulliyat-e-Siraj, Bostan-e-Khayal

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4109. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
  2. ^ Vanita, Ruth; Kidwai, Saleem (2000). Same-sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History. Macmillan. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-333-80033-1.