Masud Husain Khan

Masud Husain Khan
Born(1919-01-28)28 January 1919
Kaimganj, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died16 October 2010(2010-10-16) (aged 91)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
EducationZakir Husain Delhi College,
University of Delhi,
Aligarh Muslim University
Organization(s)Zakir Husain Delhi College
Aligarh Muslim University,
Jamia Millia Islamia,
Osmania University,
Kashmir University,
University of California, Berkeley,
Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu,
All India Muslim Education Conference,
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library
Notable workIqbal Ki Nazari-o-Amali Sheriyat,
Muqaddama-e-Tareekh-e-Zaban-e-Urdu,
Urdu Zaban-o-Adab,
Do Neem,[1]
Roop Bengal,
Urdu Lafz ka Sautiyati aur Tajz-e-Sautiyati Mutala,[2]
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah,[3]
Yusuf Husain Khan,[4]
Wurood-e-Masood.[5]
SpouseNajma Begum
RelativesZakir Husain,
Yousuf Hussain Khan,
Mahmud Hussain,
Gulam Rabbani Taban,
Khurshed Alam Khan,
Salman Khurshid,
Anusha Rizvi,
General Rahimuddin Khan,
Ijaz-ul-Haq,
Mahmood Farooqui,
Haroon Khan Sherwani,
Rahil Begum Sherwani
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award,
Kul Hind Bahadur Shah Zafar Award,
Ghalib Award,
Karachi Niaz Fatehpuri Award

Masud Husain Khan (28 January 1919 – 16 October 2010) was an Indian linguist, the first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University and the fifth Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, a Central University in New Delhi.

On 16 October 2010 Masud Husain Khan died in Aligarh from Parkinson's disease.[6]

A critical essay named ''Masud Hussain Khan: Modern Linguistic Perspective (Masud Hussain Khan: Jadeed Lisani Tanazur''[7]) was written by Muhammad Usman Butt highlights his contributions in the field of modern Urdu Linguistics.

  1. ^ "Do Neem by Masud Husain Khan". Rekhta.
  2. ^ "Urdu Lafz Ka Sautiyati Aur Tajz-e-Sautiyati Mutala by Masud Husain Khan". Rekhta.
  3. ^ K̲h̲ān̲, Masʻūd Ḥusain (12 April 1996). Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126002337 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Yusuf Husain Khan
  5. ^ "Wurood-e-Masood by Masud Husain Khan". Rekhta.
  6. ^ TwoCircles.net (16 October 2010). "Ex-Jamia VC Prof. Masood Husain Khan passes away - TwoCircles.net".
  7. ^ Butt, Muhammad Usman (6 May 2021). "Masud Hussain Khan: Jadeed Lisani Tanazur". Urdupoint. Retrieved 30 August 2023.