Urdu poets (Khwaja Haider Ali Atish)

Khwaja Haider Ali Atish (1778-1848) (Urdu: خواجہ حیدر علی آتش ) of Lucknow was one of the titans of Urdu poetry whose literary rivalry with his contemporary Nasikh produced some rare lyrical gems.

His Fathar’s name was Khwaja Ali Bakhsh. His incesters migrated from Baghdad and sattled in Shahjahanabad, India. Khawaja Ali Bakhsh left to Faizabad In the erra of Nawab Shujauddoulah, where Hayder Ali Aatish was born.

His Fathar Passed away when he was a child. Aatish Employeed with the Nawab of Faizabad Muhammad Taqi Khan and came to Kucknow with him, where he started poetry in the age of 29.

After death of Nawab Muhammad Taqi after arriving at Lucknow he did not do any job. He lost his eye sight in last days of life. He Passed away in 1848 and according to some writers in 1846. He spent a simple life. He did not try to create any coonection to the Darbar and did not say any poem to glorify any one. He saved his dignity with his less earnings.