Yousuf Hussain Khan BA, D Litt (1902–1979), born in Hyderabad, India, was a noted historian, scholar, educationist, critic and author.[1] He was learned and mastered in the languages of Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Hindi and Persian.
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Born in Hyderabad, India and belongs from a cultured and highly educated family, He was a younger brother of Dr.Zaker Hussain, (Third president of India, 1967–1969). He studied schooloing in Etawah. In 1926, he passed BA from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi and in 1930, completed D Litt from the University of Paris, France.[1]
After returning from Paris in 1930, he assisted Maulvi Abdul Haq, to compile English-Urdu dictionary and translate some volumes of Science terminologies in Urdu.[1]
He joined Osmania University in 1930, as a lecturer and worked until 1957 where he retired as a professor, simultaneously he was a working as an advisor of Department of History, at Osmania University. He joined Aligarh Muslim University as a pro Vice Chancellor where he worked until 1965.[1]
For his book Hafiz aur Iqbal (1976), He had been awarded Sahitya Academy Award in the year 1978.[1]