User:Sadaf Fayyaz

Mohammad Ayub Saqi Swati was born in 1928 at Baffa, Mansehra. He attended Government High School and finally attended Government College Abbottabad in 1944. He started working at PWD in 1950. Having a natural taste for poetry and literature, he continued writing for over forty years. He wrote three collections of poems, but published only one collection, namely, "Gard-e-Aalam", which got published in 1985. Unfortunately, most of his works remained unpublished. He kept working and kept writing till his death in 1990. He died at Risalpur in 1990. He is survived by two daughters and one son.His son, Ahmed Fayyaz Khan served in Pakistan Army and is retired now.

Marriage:
He got married in 1954 to Bibi Haseena, who herself belong to the religious family of Deoband. Her ancestors were a part of Darul Uloom Deoband and laid the foundations of it.

Ancestors:
Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi established Darul Uloom Deoband. Ghulam Rasool was a co-founder of the school of thought. He used to visit his village and take along some intelligent young men to Deoband for education. He took, Maulana Sher Zaman, father of Hasina Bibi to Deoband and later got his daughter Fatima (Bi Seedan) to him.