Faisal Tehrani

Another of his famous novel is 1511H Kombat by Utusan Publications and Distributors (2004).

1515 is considered to be the most significant work by Faisal Tehrani at the beginning of his writing.

For instance, Professor Emeritus Dr Salleh Yaapar, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), talks about the greatness of 1515; "which re-reveals the history and identity of the Malays".

In an academic paper, Professor Salleh also named 1515 as a masterpiece.

Professor Sohaimi Abdul Aziz, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), also named 1515 as a novel full of techniques and literary approaches.

Rosma Derak from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, described 1515 as the best of Faisal Tehrani's works and his strength was the use of 'deconstructing historiography' or 'rewriting history'.

1515 is also the only contemporary Malaysian novel mentioned in The Encyclopedia of the Blackwell issue of the novel (2011).

Mohd Faizal Musa (born 7 August 1974), also known under the pen name Faisal Tehrani, is a Malaysian author and playwright.

Due to the frequent writing and ideas he was known as a controversial person.

He is the author of many books and literary works of various lengths, including stage plays.

National Laureate Anwar Ridwan praises of Faisal's writing "conscious of high literature and full of vision."

Mohd Faizal Musa was born on 7 August 1974 in Kuala Lumpur before moving to Malacca at the age of 5.

He started school at Sacred Heart School of Malacca, then at Primary School Jalan Dato Palembang.

Faisal continued his studies at Sekolah Menengah Sultan Muhammad until the age of 15, managing to get excellent Lower Certificate of Education results, after which he continued his studies at the Klang Islamic College (now the Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College).

Faisal often honed his skills by supplementary writing of his teenage experiences in a teenage magazine.

Mohd Faizal is a graduate of Bachelor of Syariah-Politics of the University of Malaya (1998), a Master of Arts from Universiti Sains Malaysia (2000), Doctor of Philosophy from the National University of Malaysia (2010).

He now works at the National University of Malaysia.

As a Research Fellow at the Institute of Malay World and Civilisation, his research is on the Shiite minority in the Malay world.

Faisal began his writing career with Cinta Hari-hari Rusuhan published by Creative Enterprise and Perempuan Politikus Melayu by Penerbitan Pemuda, both published in 2000.

Both of his works lead to his nomination in the 2000-2001 Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia.

In 2002 he released 1515, an alternative historical fiction that takes on the Portuguese conquest of Malacca with victory siding instead to the Malacca Sultanate.

It won first place in the 2002 Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil Literature Prize plus the 2005 National Book Award in the General Malay Fiction category.

The book is also used as a reading text for Malay studies at the University of Cologne in Germany.

There was also Maaf Dari Sorga, which only managed to be published in 2003 by Zebra Publications.

Johan Jaafar, a famous literary critic named some good political novels from Malaysia and the Malay Politic Women as "highlighting the pattern of women's political thinking".

Rahsia Ummi published by Zebra Publications, 2003.

In the meantime there are also used to find the Tunggu Teduh Dulu serialized in the room of Utusan Malaysia and expired in December 2003.

It won first place in the 2003 Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil Literature Prize in 2003; and Advencer Si Peniup Ney by Utusan Publications and Distributors (2004).

The novel was published by Penerbitan Se-lain (2004) and Ameen Publishing (2008).

It won first place Hadiah Sastera Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil in 2004.

He wrote the young adult novel Detektif Indigo in 2004, published by Utusan Publications and Distributors.

It won second place Hadiah Sastera Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil in 2004.

In the meantime, he began composing the historical novel Surat-surat Perempuan Johor, which was released by Yayasan Warisan Johor in the following year.

He won the Sayembara Novel Sejarah dan Tradisi Johor 1.

Faisal has won numerous literary prizes and awards, including the National Art Award (Anugerah Seni Negara) in 2006.

The popularity of Detektif Jingga lead to a sequel titled Ikan Fugu, Lukisan & Jimson in 2007.

The book was eventually translated in 2011 by the National Translation Institute of Malaysia (Institut Terjemahan Buku Malaysia, or ITBM).

In the academic papers 'Adolescent Knowledge Indexes in Detective Indigo' (2013), published in Malay Literature 26 (12): 80–99, two University Malaya scholars, Dr Tengku Intan Marlina Mohd Ali and Dr Salinah Ja'afar from the Malay Studies Academy stated that Detective Indigo novel is very loaded with science knowledge for teens and useful for practicing skills.

The Novel Tunggu Teduh Dulu and Surat-surat Perempuan Johor received praise by Siti Rabeah Masri, Kamariah Kamarudin and Pabiyah Hajimaming (Universiti Putra Malaysia) in their paper entitled 'The Muslim Woman's Personality and the Development of Insan Al-Kamil in the Novels of Faisal Tehrani and Isa Kamari ', published in Malay Literature 26 (1): 38-64; the scholars stated 'Faisal Tehrani's novels are more dominant in putting forth depictions Muslim women with extraordinary character.'

In 2019, he was appointed as an Associate of the Global Sh’ia Diaspora at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs at Harvard University, United States of America.