In 1933, he published one of his major works,
Khayyam. The nucleus of this book was an article on the noted Persian scholar and poet
Omar Khayyam. Sulaiman Nadvi, along with others who favored
Hindu-Muslim unity in British India, suggested that the term "
Urdu" be abandoned in favour of "
Hindustani" because the former conjured up the image of a military conquest and war whereas the latter had no such symbolic baggage. Sulaiman Nadvi founded
Darul Musannifeen (Academy of Authors), also known as the Shibli Academy, at
Azamgarh. The first book published there was
Ard-ul-Quran (2 volumes). == Later life and death ==