Mohammad Ali Dai al-Islam

Mohammad Ali Dai Al-Islam (Persian: محمدعلی داعی‌الاسلام) or Dāʿī-al-Eslām (6 November 1878 in Amol – 9 May 1954 in Hyderabad) was a prominent Iranian researcher, poet, university professor and Persian lexicographer. He has lived in the cities of Amol, Isfahan, Iran, and Hyderabad, India, and was fluent in Hebrew and English.[1]He notablework was his Farhang-e Nizam, the first Persian etymological work that approximated in format and range of information comparable dictionaries in European languages and thus marked a watershed in the evolution of Persian lexicography. He worked on his dictionary for nineteen years, three of which he de­voted exclusively to research into the linguistic and dialectal aspects of the language spoken in Persia.[2][3][4][5][6]Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar gave her the title Da'i.[7]He has also taught in Osmania and Nizam Indian Universities.[8][9][10]

Mohammad Ali Dai al-Islam
BornMohammad Ali Dai al-Islam
محمدعلی داعی‌الاسلام
(1878-11-06)November 6, 1878
Amol, Iran
DiedMay 9, 1954(1954-05-09) (aged 75)
Hyderabad, India
Occupation
  • Researcher
  • Writer
  • Journalist
  • University professor
LanguagePersian
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran
Alma materNizam College
Osmania University
PeriodQajar Iran
Notable worksFarhang-e Niẓam
Majallat al-Eslam

Works
  • Muhammad Iqbal and Persian poetry.
  • The translation of Nader Shah, by Mortimer Durand.
  • Easy line for general education.
  • Poetry and poetry of the new era of Iran.
  • Translation of Vendidad, the third part of Avesta into Persian.
  • Farhang-e Nizam, Persian cultural system is in five volumes, which was published by Seyyed Mohammad Ali Dai-ul-Islam in 1305 in Hyderabad, Deccan.
  • Ghayat ut Tanqeeh Fi Isbat-it-Taraweeh
  • Khaufnak Duniya
  • Khamoshi Ka Bayan
  • Khayaban-e-Tawareekh
  • Khutba-e Sadarat

References
  1. DĀʿĪ-AL-ESLĀM, SAYYED MOḤAMMAD ʿALĪ / Encyclopædia Iranica
  2. The first extant Persian dictionary / Academia
  3. FARHANG-E-NIZAM / Rekhta
  4. Farhang E Nizam Farsi Ba Farsi Vol 01
  5. Farhang e Nizam - Sayyid Muhammad Ali Da'i ul-Islam (Farsi)
  6. Cambridge University Press
  7. فرهنگ نظام؛ تألیف: سید محمد علی داعی الاسلام، تفضلی، فریدون، آینده، سال دوازدهم، فروردین و اردیبهشت و خرداد ۱۳۶۵ - شماره ۱–۳
  8. M.-ʿA. Dāʿī-al-Eslām, Šeʿr o šāʿerī-­e ʿOrfī-e Šīrāzī, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1345/1926.
  9. M. Durand, Nadir Shah, London, 1908; tr. M.-ʿA. Dāʿī-al-Eslām as Ketāb-e Nāder Šāh, Hyderabad (Deccan), 1914.
  10. SooreMehr
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