[3][2][6] Sulaimān Qulī Ḳhān 'Vidād' and Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim were his Ustads (teachers of Urdu poetry).

[2][7] King Shah Alam was Shagird (student of Urdu poetry) of Sauda.

Nawab Āṣif ud-Daulah gave him title of Malkushshu'ara and annual pension of Rs 6,000.

[2] Initially he composed in Persian, but switched to Urdu on the advice of his ustad, Ḳhān-e Ārzū.

[2] His work was translated in 1872 by Major Henry Court, Captain, Bengal Cavalry.