Hazrat Sayyid Nafees Al-Hussaini was born at village Gadiala, district Sialkot, on 11 March 1933. After formal education Shah Sahib shifted to lahore and studied Urdu and Persian languages at oriental College Lahore.

Hazrat Sayyid Nafees Al-Hussaini's original name was "Sayyid Anwar Hussain" and "Nafees Raqam" was his calligraphy pen name. He was also famous by the name "Nafees Shah Sahib"

Hzarat Shah Sahib belonged to a very noble family of famous Sufi Saint of subcontinent, Hazrat Khawaja Sayyid Muhammad Gesu daraz. Also the art of Islamic Calligraphy, specially that of Holy Quran, was the hall mark of this family. Hazrat Shah Sahib learnt this art from his father Sayyid Ashraf Ali, who was a renowned calligrapher of Holy Quran.

Hazrat Shah Sahib was a  Calligrapher, a Sufi Saint , a literary person and above all a beloved person with many qualities,which are hard to express in words. His life is so much versatile and vast that it is hard to summarize it in one article. Many people are working on the Life History of Hazrat and as soon as they will be finished, we will present it here also,Inshallah.

Hazrat Shah Sahib passed away on Februrau 5th, 2008. This project started in the last year of His life and is now "A memoir of that great personality."

A detailed article about Hazrat Shah Shib can be found at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyed_nafees_alhussaini