Syed Sultan

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 several years.

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.

Epic

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

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"

References

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