Siraj Aurangabadi

• Name — Siraj Uddin Aurangabadi • Birth Name — Sayyid Sirajuddin • Born — 1715 • Birthplace — Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan • Died — 1763 • Place of death — Aurangabad, Hyderabad Deccan • Occupation — Poet • Language — Urdu Persian • Genre — Ghazal, Nazm • Subject — Mysticism, Sufism • Notable Works — Kulliyat-e-Siraj, Bostan-e-Khayal

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 works 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.