Shafayat Khan was trained by his father Enayat Ali Khan and was appointed court musician to Nawab Rasool Khan of Junagarh and later at Ajoygarh in Madhya Pradesh. Shafayat was a prolific composer of many gats. He married the daughter of Niyamatullah Khan – founder of Lucknow Gharana. One of Shafayat Khan’s well known disciples outside of the family was Bhagwan Das Sitari. This is the only known picture of him, he made no recordings.