Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri

Shamsul Morakheen' Allama Hakeem Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri (24 November 1885 – 22 October 1953) was an author and scholar born in Hyderabad Deccan. He edited the journal Tarikh and wrote a history of Urdu literature, Urdu E Qadim. 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 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 Imdadullah Qadri, Sayyid Saadullah Qadri and Sayyid Asadullah Qadri.