Syed Mujtaba Ali

Syed Mujtaba Ali
Syed Mujtaba Ali
সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী
Pronunciation	[ˈsoi̯̯ɔd̪ ˈmud͡ʒt̪ɔbaˑ‿ˈaliˑ] ⓘ
Born	13 September 1904; Karimganj, North-East Frontier, British India
Died	11 February 1974 (aged 69); Dacca, Bangladesh
Burial place	Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupations	Writer; journalist; teacher; travel enthusiast; academic; linguist;
Years active	1949–1974
Works	Bibliography
Spouse	Rabia 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)
Academic background
Alma mater	Visva-Bharati University (BA); Aligarh Muslim University; University of Bonn (PhD); Al-Azhar University;
Thesis	The Origin of the K͟hojāhs and Their Religious Life Today (1936)
Influences	Rabindranath Tagore; Bidhushekhar Shastri; Formici; Bogdanov; Moriz Winternitz; Mark Collins; Giuseppe Tucci;
Academic work
Discipline	Multilingual studies; philosophy; comparative religion; Islamic studies;
Institutions	Kabul Agricultural College (1927–1929); Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (1936–1944); Government Azizul Haque College (1949); University of Calcutta (1950); Visva-Bharati University (1956–1964);
	Writing career
Language	Bengali; English;
Period	Contemporary
Genre	Travelogue
Notable works	Deshe Bideshe, Panchatantra, Chacha Kahini

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