[1] Hafeez Jalandhari was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India on 14 January 1900 into a Punjabi Muslim family.

[2] He had a natural liking for poetry and became a disciple of Maulana Ghulam Qadir Bilgrami, a Persian language poet.

[5] From 1922 to 1929, Jalandhari remained the editor of a few monthly magazines, namely: Nonehal, Hazar Dastaan, Teehzeeb-e-Niswan, and Makhzin.

[1][3] Jalandhari's work of poetry, Shahnama-e-Islam (4 volumes),[1] gave him incredible fame which, in the manner of Firdowsi's Shahnameh, is a record of the glorious history of Islam in verse.

In 1946, Jalandhari visited the Sylhet region of Bengal where he watched a mushaira performance by the Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu.

Hafeez Jalandhari was unique in Urdu poetry for the enchanting melody of his voice and lilting rhythms of his songs and lyrics.

His language was a fine blend of Hindi and Urdu diction, reflecting the composite culture of South Asia.

[7] Though considered a devout Muslim, he also wrote Krishn Kanhaiya, a poem in praise of the Hindu god Krishna.