Syed Sultan

Syed Sultan (Bengali: সৈয়দ সুলতান, Persian: سيد سلطان‎) was a medieval Bengali Muslim writer and epic poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, the Nabibangsha, which was one of the first translations of the Qisas Al-Anbiya into the Bengali language. His literary works have been included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, and higher secondary Bengali literature in Bangladesh. His origin is debated though most attribute his origin to Patiya in Chittagong. 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.[1]

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

Bibliography

• Nabibangsha (The Prophets of Islam, 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

References

1. Irani, Ayesha A (Jun 2019). "Into the Inky Fray: A Premodern Pīr-Poet and the Politics of Bangladesh's Regional Scholarship" (PDF). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 64 (1): 107–146.

• Bangla Sahitya (Bengali Literature), the national textbook of intermediate (college) level of Bangladesh published in 1996 by all educational boards.