P. Dawood Shah

P. Dawood Shah
P. Dawood Shah
Born	29 March 1885; Keezh Manthoor, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency
Died	24 February 1969 (aged 83); Madras, India
Education	Government Arts College, Kumbakonam
Occupation	Tamil scholar and activist
Notable work	translating Quran into Tamil
Awards	gold medal, Madurai Tamil Sangam

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P. Dawood Shah (Tamil: பா. தாவூத் ஷா) (29 March 1885 – 24 February 1969) was a Tamil scholar and activist.

Early life[edit]

Dawood Shah was born on 29 March 1885, in Keezh Manthoor, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency.^{[citation needed]} He had his early education in Government Arts College, Kumbakonam where he was a classmate of Srinivasa Ramanujan.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

P. Dawood Shah loved the Tamil language and won a gold medal from the Madurai Tamil Sangam. He strongly advocated the replacement of Arabic with Tamil in mosques and led a campaign. He was the first person to translate the Quran into Tamil and served as the editor of the Tamil magazine Darul Islam.^[1]

Death[edit]

He died on 24 February 1969 in Madras, India.

References[edit]

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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