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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Khan Sahib]]<br />
| name = Syed Hasan Askari<br />
| birth_date = 10 April 1901<br />
| birth_place = Khujwa, [[Siwan district]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|11|28|1901|04|10|df=y}}<br />
| education = [[Zila School Chapra]] (matriculation) <br /> [[Langat Singh College]] (Bachelors of Arts) <br /> [[Patna University]] (Masters of Arts)<br />
| occupation = Historian<br />
| known_for = <br />
| notable_works = <br />
| awards = [[Ghalib Award]] (1974) <br /> [[Padma Shri]] (1985) <br /> [[Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman]] (1978)<br />
| honours = [[Khan Sahib]] (1945) <br /> [[Doctor of Literature]] by [[Magadh University]] (1967) <br /> [[Doctor of Literature]] by [[Patna University]] (1984)<br />
}}<br />
'''Syed Hasan Askari''' (born 10 April 1901 – 28 November 1990){{Sfn|Choudhary|2001|p=52}} was an Indian writer and historian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.professorsyedhasanaskari.com/|title=Professor Syed Hasan Askari {{!}} Historian|website=prof-s-h-askari|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kujhwaonline.in/eminent.php|title=Eminent Personalities|website=www.kujhwaonline.in|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/state-forgets-first-historian/cid/1628043|title=State forgets first historian|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref> His literary work was focused on [[Sufism in India|medieval Sufism]], the regional history of [[Bihar]], and aspects of cultural history of medieval India.<ref>{{Cite news |title=मध्यकालीन इतिहास की नई खोज का रास्ता तैयार किया प्रो. हसन अस्करी ने |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bih-pat-hmu-mat-latest-patna-news-192002-456347-nor.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=सूफी परंपरा पर प्रो. अस्करी का काम उम्दा |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/BIH-PAT-HMU-MAT-latest-patna-news-021502-1471432-NOR.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=मध्यकालीन इतिहास के मूर्धन्य इतिहासकार थे प्रो. सैयद हसन - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-the-prodigious-historians-of-medieval-history-were-prof-syed-hassan-17018206.html |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> He was recognized by the [[Government of India]].<br />
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He authored, edited and translated more than 250 articles, research papers, forewords, prefaces, and book reviews, which have been awarded by the Government of India multiple journals, books and proceedings.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpIQAQAAIAAJ&q=askari|title=Sufism: Hermeneutics and doctrines|last=Ridgeon|first=Lloyd V. J.|date=February 2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415426244}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/objects/hc:11148/datastreams/CONTENT/content|title=An Introduction to Twenty Persian Texts on Indo-Persian Music|last=Askari|website=Humanities Commons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahapedia.org/select-bibliography-sufi-literature-south-asia|title=Select Bibliography: Sufi Literature in South Asia|website=Sahapedia|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Khuda Bakhsh Hosts Intl. Conference |url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15062002/1506200217.htm |access-date=2019-07-08 |website=www.milligazette.com}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Askari was born to Syed Razi Hasan and Raziat Fatma as the youngest son on 10 April 1901 in Khujwa village of [[Saran district]] (now [[Siwan district]]), Bihar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Professor Syed Hasan Askari I Chronology |url=https://www.professorsyedhasanaskari.com/chronology |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=prof-s-h-askari |language=en}}</ref>{{Sfn|Choudhary|2001|p=50}}<br />
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He graduated from Madarsa Islamiya Khujwa and Middle School Siwan in 1916. He passed matriculation from [[Zila School Chapra]] in 1918 and graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from Greer Bhumihar Brahamin College (now [[Langat Singh College]]), Muzaffarpur in 1922.{{Sfn|Choudhary|2001|p=50-51}} He completed Master of Arts from Patna University in 1924.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Recognition ==<br />
Askari awarded the title of "[[Khan Sahib|Khan Saheb]]" by the British Indian Government in 1945.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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Askari was presented the Ghalib Award in 1974 by [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed|Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad]], then [[List of presidents of India|President of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ghalibinstitute.blogspot.com/p/galib-award.html|title=Ghalib Institute غالب انسٹی ٹیوٹ: Ghalib Award|website=Ghalib Institute غالب انسٹی ٹیوٹ|access-date=2019-07-08}}</ref><br />
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[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]] presented the [[Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman]] to Askari, in 1978.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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[[Gyani Zail Singh]] awarded [[Padma Shri]] to Askari in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.patnauniversity.ac.in/awards.html|title=Bharat Ratna, Padmavibhushan, Padmashree and other Award winners|website=www.patnauniversity.ac.in|access-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529110839/https://www.patnauniversity.ac.in/awards.html |archive-date=29 May 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Literary works ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0XYAAAAMAAJ |title=Islam and Muslims in Medieval Bihar: Collected Works of Prof. S.H. Askari |publisher=[[Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library]] |year=1989 |location=Patna |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Lakʹhnavī |first=Shīv Dās |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuscAAAAMAAJ |title=تاريخ فرخ سير و اوائل عهد محمد شاه: معروف به شاه نامه منور كلام |date=1974 |publisher=Iqbal Book Depo |editor-last=Askari |editor-first=Syed Hasan |language=fa |trans-title=History of Farrukh Seer and Early Era of Muhammad Shah: Known as Shah Nama Manwar Kalam}} <br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/maqalat-e-syed-hasan-askari-syed-hasan-askari-ebooks |title=Maqalat-e-Syed Hasan Askari |publisher=[[Bihar Urdu Academy]] |year=1996 |editor-last=Hasnain |editor-first=Syed Mohammad |location=Patna |language=ur}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CTfaPAAACAAJ |title=Amir Khusrau as a Historian |date=1989 |publisher=Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library |language=en}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_36yAEACAAJ |title=Collected Works of Prof. S.H. Askari |date=1985 |publisher=Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library |language=en}} <br />
* {{Cite book |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZwqvQEACAAJ |title=Aspects of the Cultural History of Medieval Bihar |date=1984 |publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayswal Research Institute |language=en}}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1959 |title=The Mughal-Magh Relations down to the Time of Islām Khan Mashhadi |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44304296 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=22 |pages=201–213 |jstor=44304296 |issn=2249-1937}} <br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1950 |title=A Fifteenth Century Shuttari Sufi Saint of North Bihar |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140905 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=13 |pages=148–157 |jstor=44140905 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1952 |title=Tazkira-I-Murshidi, a Rare Malfuz of the Fifteenth Century Sufi Saint of Gulbarga |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45436482 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=15 |pages=179–189 |jstor=45436482 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=S. H. |date=1955 |title=Bihar in the Time of the Last Two Lodi Sultans of Delhi |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44137372 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=18 |pages=148–157 |jstor=44137372 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1949 |title=FRAGMENTS OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT BY A HINDU NEWSWRITER (Summary) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140548 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=12 |pages=270–273 |jstor=44140548 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1960 |title=Discursive Notes on the Sharqi Monarchy of Jaunpur |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44304055 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=23 |pages=152–163 |jstor=44304055 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1945 |title=Durrani-Rajput Negotiations, 1759-61 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45435425 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=8 |pages=257–269 |jstor=45435425 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Askari |first1=Syed Hassan |last2=Askari |first2=Syed Hasan |date=1951 |title=The Nizam and Cornwallis |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44303971 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=14 |pages=217–224 |jstor=44303971 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1943 |title=Bihar During the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45476186 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=6 |pages=348–353 |jstor=45476186 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1964 |title=Historical Matters in Ijaz-I-Khusravi |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140309 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=26 |pages=11–20 |jstor=44140309 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1953 |title=Raja Ram Das Kachhawaha |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44303881 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=16 |pages=251–259 |jstor=44303881 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1947 |title=Presidential Address |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44137157 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=10 |pages=330–340 |jstor=44137157 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1947 |title=A Contemporary Correspondence Describing the Events at Delhi at the Time of Nadir Shah's Invasion |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44137160 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=10 |pages=357–366 |jstor=44137160 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1939 |title=Some Unpublished Letters of Raja Ramnarain Relating to Shah Alam's Invasions of Bihar |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44252447 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=3 |pages=979–1001 |jstor=44252447 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1961 |title=Mughal Naval Weakness and Aurangzeb's Attitude Towards the Traders and Pirates on the Western Coast |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140735 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=24 |pages=162–170 |jstor=44140735 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=Syed Hasan |date=1959 |title=The Mughal-Magh Relations down to the Time of Islām Khan Mashhadi |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44304296 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=22 |pages=201–213 |jstor=44304296 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=S. H. |date=1954 |title=Indo-Persian Political Relations in the Age of the Great Mughals |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45436399 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=17 |pages=297–298 |jstor=45436399 |issn=2249-1937}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Askari |first=S. H. |date=1968 |title=Hunting in India Under the Early Turks |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41694221 |journal=Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute |volume=48/49 |pages=33–43 |jstor=41694221 |issn=0378-1143}}<br />
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== Academic honors ==<br />
In 1967, Magadh University, Bihar, conferred upon Askari the degree of D. Litt (honoris causa)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psJtAAAAMAAJ&q=askari|title=Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies|date=1993|publisher=The Institute}}</ref><br />
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In 1984, Patna University, Bihar, conferred upon Askari the degree of D. Litt (honoris causa).{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Askari married Umme Salma, daughter of Syed Raza Hussain and Sakina Fatima Hussain in 1926. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons together.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Bibliography ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Bijoy Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XARuAAAAMAAJ |title=Readings in Indian History: Syed Hasan Askari Centenary Volume |publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute |year=2001 |location=Patna |pages=49–52 |language=en}}<br />
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