[6] A critical essay named ''Masud Hussain Khan: Modern Linguistic Perspective (Masud Hussain Khan: Jadeed Lisani Tanazur''[7]) was written by Muhammad Usman Butt highlights his contributions in the field of modern Urdu Linguistics.
Masud Husain Khan was born in Qaimganj district Farrukhabad, into a Pashtun family of the Afridi and Kheshgi tribe of Uttar Pradesh.
He did his PhD under the guidance of Professor Rasheed Ahmad Siddiqui and wrote his magnum opus Muqaddama-e-tareekh-e-zaban-e-Urdu which was later published as a book and became a landmark work.
Husain served as visiting professor at Department of South Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
After his retirement, Husain was appointed as visiting professor at Iqbal Institute, Kashmir University, Srinagar and used to teach research methodology.