Kaykobad was born in the village of Agla under Nawabganj Thana in the district of Dhaka in what is now Bangladesh, in 1857.

Kaykobad (also spelt Kaikobad) or Mohakobi Kaykobad (Kaykobad the great poet) was the pen name of the poet Kazem Ali Quereshi.

He was the son of Shahamatullah Al Qureshi, a lawyer at the Dhaka District Judge Court. He studied at Pogose School and St Gregory's School in Dhaka. He then went to Dhaka Madrasah where he studied up to the Entrance Examination. However, he did not sit for the examinations, returning instead to his native village to take up the job of postmaster, where he worked until his retirement. In 1932, he presided over the main session of the Bangiya Muslim Sahitya Sammelan in Kolkata.

Major work

--Kusumakanan (1873)
--Ashrumala (1895)
--Shivamandir (1922)
--Amiyadhara (1923)
--Shmashanabhasma (1924)
--Maharram Sharif (1932).
--His Premer Phul (1970)
--Premer Vani (1970), Prem Parijat (1970)
--Mandakini Dhara (1971)
--Gauchh Paker Premer Kunja (1979)

The Bangla Academy published his complete works as Kaikobad Rachanabali (Writings of Kaikobad) in three volumes (1994-95).

Achievements:

For his literary achievements, the Nikhil Bharat Sahitya Sangha awarded him the titles of 'Kavyabhusan', 'Vidyabhusan' and 'Sahityaratna'.

He died on 21 July 1951 and was buried at the Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka.