Karimganj, Sylhet, North-East Frontier, British India (present-day Assam, India)
Died
11 February 1974(1974-02-11) (aged 69)[2]
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)[3]
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 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
Sylhet Government Pilot High School(Matriculation)
Kabul Agricultural College (1927–1929)
Baroda College (1936–1944)
Azizul Haque College (1949)
Calcutta University (1950)
Visva-Bharati University (1956–1964)
Syed Mujtaba Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলী, Bengali pronunciation:[soi̯od̪mud͡ʒt̪ɔbaali]; 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.[4]
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^"A man of many hues". The Daily Star. 11 February 2014.
^"14 to get Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 18 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^আলিম-উজ-জামান, কাজী (12 February 2024). "সৈয়দ মুজতবা আলীর যে কষ্টের কথা আমরা অনেকেই জানি না". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The writer SyedMujtabaAli is noted for his cosmopolitan Bengali worldview. Jasimuddin was a renowned...
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literary tradition, producing several notable writers and poets including SyedMujtabaAli and Humayun Ahmed. Sylheti cuisine is known for its distinct flavors...
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Ekushey Padak (posthumous, 2005)[3]