Firaaqi, whose name was Syed Muhammad, belonged to a family of Sufis from Bijapur during the final years of the Adil Shahi dynasty. He later travelled to Aurangabad and eventually settled in Vellore. Firaaqi authored a mathnavi titled Mirat ul Hashr.

Further Readings:
1. Hashmi, Naseer-Uddin. Dakan MeiN Urdu. 1st ed., Taraqqi Urdu Bureau, 1985
2. Compiled by Prof. Mohiuddin Qadri Zore. Urdu Shah’paare. 1st ed., Urdu Academy A.P, 2009.
3. Hakeem Syed Shamsullah Qadri. Urdu-e-Qadeem: Urdu Zaban Ki Tareekh. 3rd ed., Matba Tej Kumar, 1967.
4. Shareef, Muhammad Jamaal. Dakan meiN Urdu Shayeri Wali Se Pehle. Edited by Muhammad Ali Asar. Hyderabad: Idara-e-Adabiyat-e-Urdu, 2004.