daughters Mahboon Nisan and Umrao Begum. These three sons were famous poets of Bhopal. Ghulam Mehdi (born 10 Rajab 1226 AH / 1811 AD) was married in 1243 AH / 1828 AD with Latifun Nisan (4 Jumada al-awwal 1232 AH / 1816 AD – 23 Jumada al-awwal 1283 AD / 1866 AD). Tajjamul Hussain 'Akhtar' was the natural poet. He was also the student of Ghulam Ahmad Faroghi. He authored many books including Khaliq Bari (published in 1313 AH / 1895 AD). He died 12 days before the death of his father Abid Hussain 'Abid' in 1910 due to Black fever. He was born in 1295 AH / 1878 AD and married to Zabidun Nisan (daughter of Ghulam Husain ibn Ghulam Askari). She died in Tijara. Haider Husain 'Hami' (born 1892) was his one son – a great Urdu and Persian poet and Khatoon Jahan was his daughter. Khatoon Jahan was married to Basheeruddin Haider son of Alauddin Haider ibn Mohammad Sirajuddin Haider Khan (Jagirdar of Farrukhnagar). Liaquat Hussain 'Sheda' (died 12 Rabi' al-awwal 1349 AH / 1944 AD) was a famous Urdu poet like his father and brothers 'Akhtar' and 'Khandan'. He was first married to Mukhtar Jahan (daughter of Ghulam Ahmad Faroghi) and had one daughter Hashimi Begum (wife of Dr. Qazi Jamaluddin ibn Qazi Fayyazuddin). After the death of Mukhtar Jahan, Liaquat Hussain married again with Nazeer Begum with whom, one son, Zafar Hussain Alvi and two daughters were born namely Basheeran Bano (wife of Mohammad Siddiq) and Raoufa Bano (wife of Syed Ahmad Hasan Jafri). Ali Hasan 'Khandan' was also a poet of humour. He died on 27 Rabi' al-awwal 1361 AH / 13 April 1946. His wife died before him on 28 Ramadan 1354 AH / 2 December 1937. He had one son 'Makki' and two daughters namely Mehmooda Begum (married to Nazeer Hussain, son of Irshad Ali and Bilqees Jahan) and Afsari Begum. Yadgar Husain 'Fitna' was the nephew of Abid Hussain Abid and son of Qasim Husain. Qasim Husain was married to the daughter of Sardar Bahadur Tafazzul Hussain Khan. Qasim Husain was later on settled in Nagpur with his family including father-in-law. Yadgar Husain 'Fitna' was born in Nagpur 7 days after the death of his father. He was brought up by his grandfather Ghulam Mehdi. See also Qazi Syed Inayatullah Qazi Syed Hayatullah Munshi Hakimuddin Hafiz Mazhar Husain References Scholars from