Syed Sultan
Syed Sultan | |
|---|---|
সৈয়দ সুলতান | |
| Born | 1550 Habigonj, Bengal Sultanate |
| Died | 1648 (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, which was one of the first translations of the Qisas Al-Anbiya into Bengali language.[2] 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, but Ayesha A. Irani, a scholar of early modern Islamic Bangla literature, has argued that this is speculation and the dates make it unlikely.[3]
Sultan lived in Habigonj Village Sultanshi Shaheb Bari in Habigonj and also in Sultanshi, Habigonj for a while.[1]
Bibliography
- Nabibangsha (Family of the Prophet), a big epic about more than 20 prophets from Adam to Musa and Isa.)
- Rasulcharita
- Shab-e-Meraj (The Night of Ascension)
- Ofate Rasul (Death of the Messenger)
- Jaikum Rajar Lorai (King Jaikum's Battle)
- Iblis Nama (Book of Iblis)
- Gyan Pradeep (Lamp of Knowledge)
- Gyan Chautisha(Chautisha of Knowledge; abridged version of the above)
- Marfati Gan
- Padabali
Sultan's complete work including Rasulcharita was published in a book form by the Bangla Academy in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Khandker Muzammil Haq (2012). "Syed Sultan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). 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 17 August 2025.
- ^ Irani, Ayesha A. (2021). The Muhammad Avatāra: Salvation History, Translation, and the Making of Bengali Islam. Oxford University Press. pp. 2–4. ISBN 978-0-19-008922-1.
- ^ Irani, Ayesha A. (June 2019). "Into the Inky Fray: A Premodern Pīr-Poet and the Politics of Bangladesh's Regional Scholarship" (PDF). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 64 (1): 138, 143–145.