Fakir Syed Waheeduddin was a lineal descendant of Fakir Nuruddin, one of the senior courtiers at the durbar of the Sikh maharaja Ranjit Singh. Waheeduddin had a successful career as a business entrepreneur, post which he turned to writing in Urdu and English. His first book in Urdu, Rozgar-e-Faqir, was a memoir of Allama Iqbal, a friend of the family. It contained an introduction by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. It achieved considerable acclaim, as did his subsequent books, Mohsin-e-Azam e Mohsineen (translated as The Benefactor) and the previous volume of The Real Ranjit Singh, published in 1965. Drawing upon historical sources spiced with anecdotes, derived from oral tradition within the Fakir family, Waheeduddin has drawn an intimate, affectionate portrait of a remarkable ruler who gave Punjab nationhood. Over the years, this memoir has not lost its popularity. Fakir Waheeduddin died in July 1968 at the age of sixty-four.