The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Imdad Imam Khan Syed, Shama-ul-Ulema
Imdad Imam Khan Syed, Shama-ul-Ulema; father of the Hon: Syed Ali Imam, and Syed Hasan Imam; b, 1849; educated in Persian, Arabic, and English; a reputed medical practitioner at Patna; known to supply food and medicine to needy and poor patients; a poet, scholar, and a good writer on literary, scientific and agricultural subjects; one of his treatises on philosophy, ‘Mirat-ul-Hakama’, has received the approbation of the late King Oscar of Sweden; Shamsul Ulema, 1889, Address: Patna, Bengal, India.