Zaki Warsi belonged to the Silsila of Haji Waris Ali Shah of Bhopal. Once an All India Mushaira was held in Bhopal under the chairmanship of Nawab-Zada Rashid Zafar Khan Bahadur in which besides native poets, other poets like Ehsan Marharvi, Hafeez Jalandhari, Jigar Moradabadi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Bahzad Lakhnavi, etc. also participated. Zaki Warsi also participated in this Mushaira.