The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Abdulla Yusuf Ali
Abdulla Yusuf Ali. M.A., LL.M., M.R.A.S., I.C.S., Bar-at-Law, Deputy Commissioner U.P.; an Arab by descent; son of Sheik Yusuf Ali Shuja-ud-Din, Khan Bahadur,well-known in Surat; educated in Bombay; passed B.A. in the first division, gaining a special prize for Latin; obtained a Government scholarship, went to England, took his M.A. and LL.M., degrees; called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn.); appeared for the I.C.S. and headed the list of successful candidates; returned to India, 1896; Assistant Collector and Magistrate of Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, &c.; Deputy Commissioner, 1910; well versed in Urdu, Hindi Gujrati. Marathi, Persian, Sanskrit, and French and owns a large private library. Publications: “Life and Labour of the People of India” and a Monograph on "Silk Manufacture." Address: Hamirpur, U.P.