''Shamsul Morakheen' Allama Hakeem Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri'' (24 November 1885 – 22 October 1953) was an author and scholar born in

Hyderabad Deccan Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

. He edited the journal ''Tarikh'' and wrote a history of

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

literature, ''Urdu E Qadim'' (1925). He was an Honorary Member of the Societe de l'Histoire de l'Inde Francaise and a member of the

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society, was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encourag ...

since 1913.

Biography

Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri was born in Lal Bagh, Hyderabad State on 5 November 1885 to Sayyid Zulfekharullah Shah Qadri and his wife Sayyida Mahboob Begum. He had one daughter and four sons: Sayyida Shahinsha Begum, Padmashri

Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri ( 9 August 1909 – 5 October 1985), known as ''Lisan-ul-Mulk'', was a List of Indian writers#S, writer, author, critic, editor-in-chief, Indian independence activist, Indian politician and an acclaimed figure of Hyde ...

, Sayyid Imdadullah Qadri, Sayyid Saadullah Qadri and Sayyid Asadullah Qadri.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qadri, Sayyid 1885 births 1953 deaths Urdu-language poets from India 20th-century Indian writers Writers from Andhra Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers Qadiri order