Muhammad Shahidullah

Muhammad Shahidullah
Muhammad Shahidullah
মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ
	Shahidullah in a literary conference in Curzon Hall, Dhaka (April 1954)
Personal
Born	10 July 1885; 24 Pargana, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died	13 July 1969 (aged 84); Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Marguba Khatun
Children	9, including Muhammad Takiullah and Murtaja Baseer
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Alma mater	Sorbonne University; University of Calcutta;
Occupation	Linguist; philologist; writer; educationalist;
Muslim leader
Disciple of	Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique
Awards	Independence Day Award (1980)
Honours	Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1967)

Muhammad Shahidullah (Bengali: মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ; 10 July 1885 – 13 July 1969) was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer.

In 2004, he was ranked number 16 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.

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