Shaharsree ( bn, শহরশ্রী) is a village in Mirzapur Union, Sreemangal Upazila,

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It ...

Sylhet Division Sylhet Division ( bn, সিলেট বিভাগ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions ...

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 mos ...

. During the Mughal Rule was known as Pachawoon ( bn, links=no, পাচাউন) Pargana' (Sub district or present time Upazilla). The village contains the shrines of Shah Sadruddin Qureshi and Shah Badruddin Quraishi, preachers who came to Sreemangal in the early 13th century to spread the message of Islam in this region after

Shah Jalal Jalāl Mujarrad Kunyāʾī (), popularly known as Shah Jalal, was a celebrated Sufi figure of Bengal. His name is often associated with the Conquest of Sylhet and the spread of Islam into the region, part of a long history of interactions betw ...

Conquest of Sylhet The Conquest of Sylhet ( bn, শ্রীহট্টের বিজয়, Srīhôtter Bijôy, Conquest of Srihatta) predominantly refers to an Islamic conquest of Srihatta (present-day Sylhet, Bangladesh) led by Sikandar Khan Ghazi, the mili ...

in 1303; although many believe that they are one of 360 companions of him. They were born in Quraysh clan of

Makkah Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow v ...

. Their Dargah is also situated in this village, which is known as Kashiuna Dargah Sharif. Presently Dewan Masrur Ahmed Chowdhury is the President (Motowali) of this

Dargah A dargah ( fa, درگاه ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargah'' दरगाह درگاہ, bn, দরগাহ ''dorgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often ...

committee. Oros Mahfil of this dargah is observed on 8th Magh of Bengali calendar each year. There are two mosques; West Shaharsree Jame Masjid and East Shaharsree Jame Masjid. The village also contains a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

. There is a cricket club in this village named Star Cricket Club, which is the only club in the Mirzapur Union. Dewan Naziruddin Ahmed Chowdhury was one of the very aristocratic and renowned

zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...

s during the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was him ...

and was a descendant of one of the two saints. He donated vast land property for the welfare of the people and established religious centres like mosque, madrasa, eidgah, graveyard etc. The first mosque in the village, Shaharsree Jame Masjid with its adjoining

eidgah Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah ( fa, "site of Eid bservances; bn, ঈদগাহ; pnb, ; ur, ; hi, ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at th ...

was opened by Chowdhury donating his own land. Due to there being no Muslim graveyards in the village, he also established a graveyard in Shaharsree. One of his ancestors was also the private tutor to

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

. Dewan Eunusuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, elder son of Dewan Naziruddin Ahmed Chowdhury was elected as the first Chairman of the

Mirzapur Union Mirzapur Union may refer to the following union councils of Bangladesh: * Mirzapur Union, Gopalpur, Tangail District, Dhaka Division * Mirzapur Union, Atwari, Panchagarh District, Rangpur Division * Mirzapur Union, Shailkupa, Jhenaidah District, Khu ...

Parishad in 1958.

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Srimangal Upazila Villages in Maulvibazar District {{Sylhet-geo-stub