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 (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]

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

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]