He is considered to be one of the leading romantic poets of Urdu language. His famous works Akhtaristan, Nigarshat-e-Akhtar, Lala-e-toor, Tayyur-e-Aawara, Naghma-e-Haram, Subh-e bahaar, and Shahnaz.

The veteran will take stage tomorrow to showcase the form and nature of the masnavi, a forgotten form of Urdu literature ... The 19th century poet was among three others — Hakim Hussain, Daya Shankar ...