page_title: List of people from Sylhet
section_title: Literature
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Sylhet / Literature
context_page_description: This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet. The people may also be known as Sylheti.
context_section_description: Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer
  Abed Chaudhury, Bangladeshi-Australian geneticist and science writer
  Achyut Charan Choudhury, writer and historian
  Arun Kumar Chanda, freedom fighter, social worker, writer and editor of the Saptak
  Asaddor Ali, writer and researcher of Sylheti folk literature
  Munshi Ashraf Hussain, poet, writer, researcher of folk literature
  Chowdhury Gulam Akbar, writer and collector of Bengali folk literature for the Bangla Academy
  Dilwar Khan, poet known as Gonomanusher Kobi (Poet of the mass people)
  Dwijen Sharma, naturalist and science writer
  Hason Raja, minstrel and writer of mystical songs
  Muhammad Mojlum Khan, non-fiction writer best known for The Muslim 100
  Muhammad Nurul Haque, cultural activist, social worker and writer
  Munshi Muhammad Sadeq Ali, writer, poet and judge best known for the Halat-un-Nabi puthi
  Nurunnessa Khatun, writer, academic, and botanist
  Syed Mujtaba Ali, author, journalist, travel enthusiast, academician, scholar and linguist.
  Syed Murtaza Ali, writer and historian
  Syed Pir Badshah, Persian-language writer
  Syed Rayhan ad-Din, celebrated Persian-language writer
  Syed Shah Israil, considered to be Sylhet's first author
  Syed Sultan, wrote the first Prophetic biography in Bengali in 16th century
caption: Hason Raja, a mystical poet and songwriter
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