Syed Mujtaba Ali

Syed Mujtaba Ali
Syed Mujtaba Ali
সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী
Pronunciation	[soi̯od̪ mudʒtɔba ali]
Born	13 September 1904; Karimganj, North-East Frontier, British India (present-day Assam, India)
Died	11 February 1974 (aged 69); Dhaka, Bangladesh
Burial place	Azimpur, Dhaka
Nationality	British Indian (1904–1947); Pakistani (1947–1949); Indian (1949–1972); Bangladeshi (1972–1974);
Occupations	Writer; journalist; teacher; travel enthusiast; academic; linguist;
Years active	1949–1974
Works	Bibliography
Spouse	Rabeya Khatun (m. 1951; died 1974)
Parents	Khan Bahadur Syed Sikandar Ali (father); Amtul Mannan Khatun (mother);
Relatives	Syed Murtaza Ali (brother); Syed Mohammad Ali (nephew); Syed Muazzem Ali (nephew); Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri (nephew);
Awards	Full list
Honours	Ekushey Padak (posthumous, 2005)
	Writing career
Language	Bengali; English;
Period	Contemporary
Genre	Travelogue, ramya rachana
Notable works	Deshe Bideshe, Panchatantra, Chacha Kahini
Academic background
Alma mater	Visva-Bharati University (BA); Aligarh Muslim University; University of Bonn (PhD); Al-Azhar University;
Thesis	The origin of the Khojāhs and their religious life today (1936)
Academic work
Discipline	Multilingual studies; philosophy; comparative religion; Islamic studies;
Institutions	Baroda College (1936–1944); Azizul Haque College (1949); Calcutta University (1950); Visva-Bharati University (1956–1964);

Syed Mujtaba Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী, pronounced [soi̯od̪ mudʒtɔba ali]; 13 September 1904 – 11 February 1974) was a Bangladeshi writer, journalist, travel enthusiast, academic, scholar and linguist. He lived in Bangladesh, India, Germany, Afghanistan and Egypt.

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