Syed Sultan

Syed Sultan
সৈয়দ সুলতান
Born1550
Habigonj, Bengal Sultanate
Died1648 (aged 97–98)
Occupation(s)Poet and writer

Syed Sultan (c. 1550 – 1648) was a medieval Bengali Muslim writer and poet.[1] He is best known for his magnum opus, the Nabibangsha (1584), which was one of the first translations of the Qisas Al-Anbiya into Bengali language.[2][3] His literary works have been included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh. There are claims that he is the same person as a certain Syed Sultan from Taraf in Greater Sylhet, although this is highly unlikely due to the time periods.[4]

Sultan lived in Habigonj Village Sultanshi Shaheb Bari in Habigonj and also in Sultanshi, Habigonj for a while.[1]

  1. ^ a b Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Bangladesh". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ Sarkar, Pabitra (2023-02-27). "Language Controversies in 19th Century Bengal". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. ^ Irani, Ayesha A. (2021). The Muhammad Avatāra: Salvation History, Translation, and the Making of Bengali Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190089221.
  4. ^ Irani, Ayesha A (Jun 2019). "Into the Inky Fray: A Premodern Pīr-Poet and the Politics of Bangladesh's Regional Scholarship" (PDF). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 64 (1): 107–146.