[1] Other notable works include a diwan of ghazals and Tazkira-i-Shora-i-Urdu, a tazkira of Urdu poets, written in Persian.
[2] Mir Hasan's ancestors were Sayyids who belonged to Herat.
His great grandfather Mir Imami migrated to India.
After the invasion of India 1739 by Nader Shah, his father emigrated to Faizabad, the capital of Oudh.
[4][5] When the capital of Awadh was changed to Lucknow, Mir Hasan also settled there.