Iftikhar Hussain Akhtar (1865 – 27 March 1927), known by his pen name Muztar Khairabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet.

[3] He was the grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, who was also a poet, philosopher, religious scholar, Arabist, Persian and Urdu writer and freedom fighter.

[4] He spent his life in Khairabad, Gwalior, and Rampur.

[5] According to music expert Rajesh Subramanian the famous iconic poem and song sung by Mohammed Rafi in Lal Quila 1960 Na kisi ki ankh ka noor hoon by penned by Muztar and not by Bahadur Shah Zafar as commonly perceived and credited.

He also published a literary magazine entitled Karishama-e-Dilbar.