Syed Sultan
Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Syed Sultan (Template:Circa – 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]
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]