Syed Sultan

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.^{[citation needed]}

Syed Sultan
সৈয়দ সুলতান
Born	1550 Habigonj, Bengal Sultanate
Died	1648 (aged 97–98)
Occupation(s)	Poet and writer

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]