Barkat Ali Ghulam Husain Virani, known by his pen name Befaam, was born on November 25, 1923 in Ghanghali village in the Bhavnagar district. He was interested in literature from the age of fourteen, when he wrote his first ghazal. He was taught poetry by Qismat Qureshi and left his studies to participate in the 1942 Quit India Movement. Read More In 1945, he moved to Mumbai upon the suggestion of Shayda, who has been called “Ghazal Samrat” for his dedication to the genre in Gujarati, and married his oldest daughter Ruqaiyya in 1952. He died in Mumbai in 1994. His ghazal books include Mansar (1960), Ghata (1970), Pyas (1980), and Parab (1997). He also wrote short stories, scripts, and a novel, and was associated with Gujarati cinema. He appeared in the Gujarati film Mangalfera (1949) and wrote lyrics for several songs that appeared in films.