High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Safi Lakhnavi (Urdu: صفی لکھنوی, Hindi: सफ़ी लखनवी pronunciation (help-info)), born Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi (January 2, 1862-1950), was a prominent Urdu poet. He was born in the city of Lucknow, India in a family of Zaidi Syeds who claimed direct descent from Hazrat Imam Husain.