Kazem Ali Quereshi ( – 21 July 1951), known by his pen-name Kaykobad, was a Bengali poet. Nikhil Bharat Sahitya Sangha titled him ''"Kavyabhusan"'', ''"Vidyabhusan"'' and ''"Sahityaratna"''.

Early life and education

Kaykobad was born in Agla village of

Nawabganj Upazila, Dhaka Nawabganj ( bn, নবাবগঞ্জ) is an upazila of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Nawabganj is located at . It has 47,411 households and total area 244.81 km2. Nawabganj is surrounded by Singair upazil ...

. His father Shahamatullah Al Qureshi was a lawyer at the Dhaka District Judge Court. Kaykobad attended

Pogose School Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University ( bn, পোগোজ ল্যাবরেটরি স্কুল এন্ড কলেজ ,আ.ই.আর,জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) was es ...

and St Gregory's School. He then went to Dhaka Madrasah and left the madrasah before the Entrance Examination without attending the examination.

Career

Kaykobad's poem ''"Birahabilap"'' was published in 1870, when he was about 13. He is most notable for the long narrative poem Mahashmashan. The poem narrates the story of the Third Battle of Panipat of 1761 and the defeat of the

Maratha The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

s to

Ahmed Shah Abdali Ahmad Shāh Durrānī ( ps, احمد شاه دراني; prs, احمد شاه درانی), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (), was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern Afghanistan. In July 1747, Ahma ...

. The poem was inspired by poet

Nabinchandra Sen Nabinchandra Sen ( bn, নবীনচন্দ্র সেন; 10 February 1847 – 23 January 1909) was a Bengali poet and writer, often considered one of the greatest poets prior to the arrival of Rabindranath Tagore. He commented on the batt ...

’s ''"Palashir Juddha"''. His other notable works are ''"Kusumkanan"'', ''"Asrumala"'', ''"Shibmandir"'', ''"Maharram Sharif"'', ''"Gitikavya" and "Azan"''

Death

Kaykobad died of bronchopneumonia at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on 21 July 1951.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaykobad 1857 births 1951 deaths Bengali male poets Burials at Azimpur Graveyard St. Gregory's High School and College alumni Pogose School alumni People from Dhaka People from Dhaka District