Syed Sultan

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Syed Sultan (1550-1648) was a well known Bangladeshi writer and poet during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His birth place is not known. He was a recident of Patiya village under Chakrashala Chakla in Chittagong. He lived in Laskarpur (Paragalpur), Chittagong for some time.

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[edit] Bibliography

Sultan’s best known work is Nabibangsha. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

[edit] Epic

  • Nabibangsha (The Prophets of Islam, a big epic about more than 20 prophets from Adam to Mojes, Jesus and Muhammad.)

[edit] Other Works

  • Sobemeraj
  • Rasul Bijoy (probably the first biography of Muhammad in Bangla among other 650 books about the Prophet)
  • Ofate Rasul (Second about the Prophet)
  • Jaikum Rajar Lorai
  • Iblish Nama
  • Gyan Choutisha
  • Gyan Prodeep
  • Marfoti Gan
  • Podaboli

[edit] References

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