Zakiruddin Zaki was an author, writer and social activist during the era of the Bhopal State.
He was employed in the Department of Survey at Bhopal state and loved to write poetry.
He was the elder brother of the writer and poet Kabiruddin Kalim.
In 1923, he wrote a book, Gulzar-e Risalat wa Guldasta-e Shahadat on the life of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the Caliph Ali.
His second book was Bahar-e Bekharan maulod Habibur Rahman, which was published in 1924.