Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri

Shamsul Morakheen' Allama Hakeem Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri (24 November 1885 – 22 October 1953) was an author and scholar born in Hyderabad Deccan.^[1] He edited the journal Tarikh^[2] and wrote a history of Urdu literature, Urdu E Qadim (1925). He was an Honorary Member of the Societe de l'Histoire de l'Inde Francaise and a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland since 1913.^[3]

Shams ul Muriqeen Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri
A portrait of Hakeem Shams Qadri
Born	(1885-11-24)24 November 1885 Hyderabad, Deccan
Died	22 October 1953(1953-10-22) (aged 67) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Urdu Scholar, Writer, Author, Historian and Archaeologist
Known for	First Researcher of Deccaniyat
Notable work	Urdu-i-qadim, Moʼarrikhīn-i Hind, Salāṭīn-i-Misr, Malībār, Ās̲ārulkirām, tārīkh-i-taraqqī-yiʻulūm va funūn, A history of the Portuguese[sic] in Malabar : the original Arabic text of Tuhfat-ul-mujahideen Ed., Makhtūtāt-i tārīkhī, Sikka Jaat Shahan Awadh, Tijarat Arab Qabl ISLAM, Nizam-ut-Tawarikh (A general history of Iran), Moheem Arcord :Siege of Arcot in 1751 Era.
Spouse	Sayyida Mahboob Begum
Children	Sayyida Shahinsha Begum, Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Sayyid Imdadullah Qadri, Sayyid Saadullah Qadri, Sayyid Asadullah Qadri.

Biography

Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri was born in Lal Bagh, Hyderabad State on 5 November 1885 to Sayyid Zulfekharullah Shah Qadri and his wife Sayyida Mahboob Begum. He had one daughter and four sons: Sayyida Shahinsha Begum, Padmashri Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri, Sayyid Imdadullah Qadri, Sayyid Saadullah Qadri and Sayyid Asadullah Qadri.