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Sheikhs Of Bengal
Sheikh () is an aristocratic Bengali Muslim surname found in the Bengal region of the subcontinent. Etymology and History The surname "Sheikh" is prevalent in the Bengali Muslim community. It is from the Arabic word "Sheikh" ( Arabic: شيخ ''shaykh'' ajx, meaning elder, this word is also applied to those who are in a position of respect such as a leader, especially a religious leader or preacher. After the advent of Islam into the subcontinent, then eventually into Bengal, many Sufi Islamic missionaries known as Dervishes to the native people came from places in Western Asia such as Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan had come to spread Islam in Bengal. Notable amongst these Sufi Muslim preachers were Shah Jalal, Bayezid Bostami, Sultan Balkhi, and many other preachers had come to Bengal, all at different times. Weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristocracy (class)
The aristocracy is historically associated with "hereditary" or "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included the upper class of people (aristocrats) with hereditary rank and titles. In some, such as ancient Greece, ancient Rome, or India, aristocratic status came from belonging to a military caste. It has also been common, notably in African societies, for aristocrats to belong to priestly dynasties. Aristocratic status can involve feudal or legal privileges. They are usually below only the monarch of a country or nation in its social hierarchy. In modern European societies, the aristocracy has often coincided with the nobility, a specific class that arose in the Middle Ages, but the term "aristocracy" is sometimes also applied to other elites, and is used as a more generic term when describing earlier and non-European societies. Some revolutions, such as the French Revolution, have been followed by the abolition of the aristocracy. Etymology The term ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Balkhi
Shah Sultan Balkhi ( bn, শাহ সুলতান বলখী, fa, ), also known by his sobriquet, Mahisawar ( bn, মাহিসওয়ার, fa, , Mâhi-Savâr, Fish-rider), was a 14th-century Muslim saint. His name is associated with the spread of Islam in Sandwip and Bogra. Early life Balkhi was the son of Shah Ali Asghar, a ruler of Balkh in Afghanistan. He was the crown prince but left this role to become a follower of the religious preacher, Shaykh Tawfiq of Damascus. Migration to Bengal One day, the Shaykh ordered Balkhi to go to the land of Bengal and preach the religion of Islam there. Balkhi then set off by boat, eventually reaching the island of Sandwip where he remained in for a number of years. His boat was a barge and shaped like a fish; leading to him earning the nickname of Mahi-sawar (fish-rider). He then went to Hariramnagar, most likely another island, which was ruled by Balaram, a Hindu Raja who worshipped Kali. Balaram's minister decided to accep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain
Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain was a Bengali politician and cousin of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and grandfather of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was a Member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly. Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain had two brothers, Sheikh Delwar Hossain Dilu (freedom fighter) and businessman, Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain was a Bengali politician and cousin of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman, father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and grandfather of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He was a member of the East Pakistan Legislative Council. Career Hossain was given the title of Khan Bahadur by the British Government. Hossain was a member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly in 1962. Khan Sahib Sheikh Musharraf Hossain School and College was established in Tungipara, Gopalganj District in his name. His son, Sheikh Kabir Hossain Sheikh Kabir Hossain () is a Bangladeshi businessman and a member of the Sheikh–Wazed family. He is the President of Bangladesh Insu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh–Wazed Family
The Sheikh Mujib family ( bn, শেখ মুজিব পরিবার) is a prominent Bangladeshi political dynasty, which primarily consists of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina and their relatives. The Sheikh Mujib family is most powerful family In Bangladesh. Their political involvement has traditionally revolved around the Bangladesh Awami League. Family origin The first Sheikh family member to come to Bengal was Sheikh Awwal. He was originally from Baghdad but settled in Chittagong in the 15th century, after he visited the region to preach Islam. He was married to a Bengali woman from Sonargaon and settled over there with his wife. His son, Sheikh Zahiruddin, married a girl from the Khandakar family of Kandirpar and settled there with his family. Many years later, he moved to Kolkata with his son Sheikh Jan Mahmud, since their wholesale business was based there. Sheikh Jan Mahmud's son, Sheikh Borhanuddin, continued to run that wholesale business and eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza (name)
Mirza ( or ; fa, میرزا) is a name of Persian origin. It is used as a surname or prefix to identify patriarchal lineage. It is a historical royal and noble title, denoting the rank of a royal prince, high nobleman, distinguished military commander, or a scholar. Specifically, it was used as a title by (and today signifies patriarchal lineage to) the various Persian Empires, the Nogai Horde, Shirvanshahs and Circassians of the European Caucasus, as well as the Muslim Rajputs and mainly the Mughals / Moguls, both of the Indian Subcontinent. It was also a title bestowed upon members of the highest aristocracies in Tatar states, such as the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan. Etymology The original title ''Mīrzā'' or ''Merzāh'' is derived from the Persian term ''Amīrzādeh'' which literally means ''child of the Amīr'' or ''child of the ruler''. ''Amīrzādeh'' in turn consists of the Arabic title ''Amīr'' (English: ''Emir''), meaning "commander" and the Persian suffix ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Kazi
Kazi ( bn, কাজী), also spelt Qazi and Quazi, is a title awarded to Islamic judges, commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name. Individuals * Qazi Fazilat (1541–1545), governor of Bengal *Daulat Qazi ({{circa, 1600–1638), poet * Qazi Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), poet and judge * Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), inventor * Khan Bahadur Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926), writer and educationist * Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), knight and politician *Kazi Abdul Wadud (1894–1970), essayist and critic *Kazi Kader Newaj (1909–1983), poet * Zohra Begum Kazi (1912–2007), physician * Kazi Abul Kasem (1913–2004), cartoonist * Shilpacharya Kazi Zainul Abedin (1914–1976), painter * Kazi Khalek (1915–1970), actor * Qazi Afsaruddin Ahmed (1921–1975), journalist and writer * Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique (1924–2004), founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League *Kazi Khademul Islam (1925–1990), polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayyid
''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Prophets in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, Fatima and his cousin and son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib). While in the Islamic golden age, early islamic period the title Al-Sayyid was applied on all the members of the of Banu Hashim, banu hashim, the tribe of Muhammad. But later on the title was made specific to those of Hasanids, Hasani and Hussaini descent, Primarily by the List of Fatimid caliphs, Fatimid Caliphs. Female ''sayyids'' are given the titles ''sayyida'', ''syeda'', ''alawiyah'' . In some regions of the Islamic world, such as in Iraq, the descendants of Muhammad are given the title ''Emir, amīr'' or ''mīr'', meaning "aristocrats", "commander", or "ruler". In Shia Islam the son of a non Sayyid father and a Sayyida mother claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondakar
Khondakar ( bn, খন্দকার, Khondokar) is a Bengali Muslim surname found in Bangladesh and neighbouring East Indian regions. Etymology and history The Bengali surname comes from the Old Persian Khandan ( fa, خواندن, Xwândan, To read) and the suffix kar ( fa, گار, Gâr) which joins the root of the verb to mean the one who reads. The Bengali definition of the word is an instructor or teacher. The usage of Persian as an official language in Bengal was common during the rule of the Bengal Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. The Persians as well as members of the Turco-Persian tradition were a large immigrant community during both periods in which they integrated with the local Bengali community. Many Persians in Bengal became teachers, lawyers, scholars and clerics. These Persians merged with Bengalis to become Bengali Muslims. Variations Variations of the surname Khondakar also remain very common. These include different English transliterations and regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Class
Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper class is generally distinguished by immense wealth which is passed on from generation to generation. Prior to the 20th century, the emphasis was on ''aristocracy'', which emphasized generations of inherited noble status, not just recent wealth. Because the upper classes of a society may no longer rule the society in which they are living, they are often referred to as the old upper classes, and they are often culturally distinct from the newly rich middle classes that tend to dominate public life in modern social democracies. According to the latter view held by the traditional upper classes, no amount of individual wealth or fame would make a person from an undistinguished background into a member of the upper class as one must be born into a famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharif
Sharīf ( ar, شريف, 'noble', 'highborn'), also spelled shareef or sherif, feminine sharīfa (), plural ashrāf (), shurafāʾ (), or (in the Maghreb) shurfāʾ, is a title used to designate a person descended, or claiming to be descended, from the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ( ). It may be used in three senses: #In the broadest sense, it refers to any descendant of Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim (the Banu Hashim or Hashimites, already in Muhammad's day an established clan within the Meccan tribe of the Quraysh), including all descendants of Muhammad's paternal uncles Abu Talib (the Talibids) and al-Abbas (the Abbasids).. #More often, it refers to a descendant of Ali, a son of Abu Talib and a paternal cousin of Muhammad (the Alids), especially but not exclusively through Ali's marriage with Muhammad's daughter Fatima (the Fatimids). In this sense, the most common one, the term effectively refers to all descendants of the prophet. #In its narrowest sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
