Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad (1861–1933) was a Bengali Muslim writer, journalist, and thinker.
Early life
Ahmad was born in 1861 in the village of
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in
Barisal District
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Bengal Presidency,
British Raj. His father died when he was eight. He was raised in the home of Muhammad Wajid, the father of Bengali politician
A. K. Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...
. He received his education from Barisal Banga Vidyalay and Bajapti Circle School, studying the
Arabic,
Bengali, and
Persian languages.
Career
Ahmad started his career as a primary school teacher in Rupsa. He developed an interest in journalism after reading local newspapers like ''
Bangabasi'', ''
Dhaka Prakash
''Dhaka (Dacca) Prokash'' ( bn, ঢাকা প্রকাশ)was the first Bengali language newspaper published in Dhaka, capital of East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). First published in 1861, the newspaper remained in publication for about a ...
'', ''
Education Gazette'', ''
Hughli Dainik'', and ''Sanjibani''. He was the postmaster of Rupsa Post Office. He operated a stationery shop in Rupsa.
He moved to Kolkata in 1883 and joined the Mussalman. He worked as an editor in the Mussalman. He then joined Shrimanta Saodagar in Dhaka as an assistant editor. After some Muslims in Dhaka, Jessore, Khulna, and 24-Parganas converted into Hinduism and Christianity he started writing about Islam with
Mearajuddin Ahmad
Mearajuddin Ahmad ( bn, মেয়রাজউদ্দীন আহমদ) was a 19th-century Bengali academic, writer, and Islamic scholar.
Early life
Ahmad was born in Satkhira District, Khulna Division, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He ...
,
Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi
Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi was a Bengali Muslim writer and philosopher.
Early life
Mashadi was born in 1859 in Charan, Ratanganj, Tangail District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He learned Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Urdu.
Career
Mashadi jo ...
, and
Sheikh Abdur Rahim to discourage further conversions. In 1888, they published ''Islamtattva'', a book about Islam and its history.
Along with Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi and Shaikh Abdur Rahim, he was part of the 'Sudhakar group'. The group was closely connected to and named after ''Mihir-o-Sudhakar'', a Muslim newspaper that strongly supported Muslim identity politics in Calcutta. The group wrote and published religious tracts in Bengali.
He worked as the publisher of the Calcutta monthly ''
Islam Pracharak''.
He edited the ''
Nabajug'', ''
Rayatbandhu'', and ''
Soltan
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''.
Bibliography
He wrote a number of books about Islam and history.
*Bodhodaytattva (1879)
*Padyaprasun (1880)
*Tohfatul Moslemin (1885)
*Brhat Mohammadia Panjika (1895)
*Upadesh Ratnavali (1896)
*Jange Russ O Unan (1897)
*Greece-Turashko Yuddha, Volume 1 (1899)
*Bilati Mussalman (1900)
*Botale Ma Sureshvari (1900)
*Jobeda Khatuner Roznamcha (1907)
*Greece-Turashko Yuddha, Volume 2 (1908)
*Haq Nasihat (1927)
*Pak-Panjatan (1929)
Death
Ahmad died in 1933.
References
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1861 births
1933 deaths
Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam
Bengali writers
People from Barisal District
20th-century Bengalis
19th-century Bengalis