Khwaja Hasan Nizami

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. 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. 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.