Khwaja Hasan Nizami (born Syed Ali Hasan; 6 January 1878 – 31 July 1955) was an Indian Sufi saint and a known Urdu essayist, humorist and satirist who wrote many essays for the Mukhzun Akhbar magazine. He wrote more than 60 books including the incidents of Indian Rebellion of 1857, while Mulla Wahidi writes that he had over five hundred books on an amazing variety of subjects to his credit.Naqvi, 1978. Being a Sufi, he had many disciples and it appeared in his literature.
His maternal grandfather Ghulam Hasan Chisti was a friend and spiritual advisor to Bahadur Shah Zafar and frequently visited the Red Fort.Mughlon Ke Antim Din, Khwaja Hasan Nizami, Sahitya Mandal, 1933, p. 12. His mother used to tell him the stories of the Mughal family she had heard from her father. He had himself met Kulsum Zamani Begum, Zafar's daughter. He has narrated the tragic stories of Mirza Nasir-ul-Mulk, Zafar's grandson, who eventually became a servant of a British family and later crawled on his knees and begged in Bazar Chitli Kabr. Mirza Kamar Sultan, another of Zafar's grandson also used to beg at the Jama Masjid.
Works Nizami "was of Nizamuddin Auliya's known silsilã, and widely honoured in the Muslim world."
Literary works Khwaja wrote many books including:. Fãtami Dãwat-i-Islam (1920) Gadar ki Subah aur Sham Tareekh-e-Firaun Krishan Beeti Madar-e-Hamdard Sair-e-Delhi Government Aur Khilafat Ghalib's Diary Bahaddur Shah Zafar's Diary (publisher) Begumat Kay Ansoo: Dehli Kay Afsanay (also translated as Tears of the Begums, Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857) Ap Biti (autobiography)Marcia Hermansen, Sufi Autobiography in the 20th Century: Worldly and Spiritual Journeys of Khwaja Hasan Nizami” in Tales of God’s Friends: Sufi Hagiography ed. John Renard (Berkeley: University of California, 2009), pp. 286-300.
Commemoration of Muharram As most of the Muslims had migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947 AD, Delhi had no Shia orator to address the Majlis during Muharram. At this crucial juncture, Khwaja Hasan Nizami filled the gap by addressing Majlis at Panja Shareef. He was also supported by Maulana Ahmad Saeed, Maulana Zubair Qureshi, and Justice Vyas Dev Mishra in his endeavor to ensure sustainability of commemoration of Muharram against odds, despite Khawaja Hasan Nizami being part of the Ahl us Sannah wal Jammah..
Dr. Majid Deobandi had written a PhD thesis on Khwaja Hasan Nizami.
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Marcia Hermansen, Professor at Loyola University Chicago has compiled a bibliography of Khwaja Hasan Nizami's Publications He also wrote Stories like Beghmat ke Ansuo And Thele Wala ShehzaDa.