Shams-ul-Ulema Syed Ali Bilgrami (1851–1911) was an Indian scholar and linguist.

[3] He entered the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1879, and was appointed secretary in the Departments of Public Works, Railways and Mines.

[1] For a short period of time, he also served as acting professor of Arabic and of Sanskrit.

In 1911, a Draft Constitution Committee was formed with the aim of converting the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College into a university, with Syed Ali as its secretary.

His daughter Ruqayya worked at Osmania University and married to Zain Yar Jung.