Muhammad Shahidullah

Muhammad Shahidullah
মুহম্মদ শহীদুল্লাহ
Shahidullah in a literary conference in Curzon Hall, Dhaka (April 1954)
Personal
Born(1885-07-10)10 July 1885
Died13 July 1969(1969-07-13) (aged 84)
ReligionIslam
SpouseMarguba Khatun
Children9, including Muhammad Takiullah and Murtaja Baseer
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Linguist
  • philologist
  • writer
  • educationalist
Muslim leader
Disciple ofMohammad 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)[1] was a Bengali linguist, philologist, educationist, and writer.[2][3]

In 2004, he was ranked number 16 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Badiuzzaman (2012). "Shahidullah, Muhammad". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ University of Rajshahi
  3. ^ "Remembering a luminary: Bangla Academy celebrates Shahidullah's birth anniversary". The Daily Star. July 2014.
  4. ^ "Listeners name 'greatest Bengali'". BBC News. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "BBC Listeners' Poll – Bangabandhu judged greatest Bangali of all time". The Daily Star (Vol. 4 Num 313 ed.). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Mujib, Tagore, Bose among 'greatest Bengalis of all time'". The Hindu. 17 April 2004. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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