Muhammad Hamidullah

Muhammad Hamidullah (; 19 February 1908 – 17 December 2002) was a Deccani polymath,He was a student of Jamia Nizamia Hyderabad he received several special degrees Moulvi,Aalim, Faazil before the partition of India His master advised to travell another countries and he travelled many countries he learned many languages,academic and an Islamic scholar of hadiths (''muhaddith)'' and law (faqih). A polyglot with competence in 22 languages, including Urdu (his mother tongue), Persian, Arabic, French, English, German, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and Russian, his dozens of books and hundreds of articles on Islamic science, history and culture appeared in several languages. He was still studying Thai at the age of 84. Provided by Wikipedia