Profile of Shaukat Warsi
Born Muhammad Shaukat Ali, his father's name was Abdul Rashid. He was born and settled in Calcutta. He studied at Madrasa Darul Quran, Calcutta, and later became engaged as a teacher. He was immensely fond of composing quatrains and Manqabat right from his student days. He used to take Islaah from Habib Hashmi. His poetry is predominantly Sufistic in nature.
