Abdul Karim ( – 24 July 2007) was a Bangladeshi historian. He served as the 5th

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of the University of Chittagong. He was awarded

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in 1995 by the

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Early life

Karim was born on 1 June 1928. In 1944 he completed his High Madrasa Examination and in 1946 his Intermediate Arts Examination. He completed his BA from

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in 1949 and his masters in 1950.

Career

Karim joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 1951. He was mentored by

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. He later went to the UK to earn his Ph.D and finished it in 1958. His desertion topic was ''Social History of the Muslims in Bengal''. He completed a second PhD from the

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. In 1966, he joined Chittagong University as Chairman of the Department of History. He retired from the University in 1986. He joined the Institute for Bangladesh Studies of the

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as a senior fellow and in 2001 was made professor emeritus.

Selected bibliography

* Corpus of the Muslim Coins of Bengal * Corpus of the Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of Bengal * History of Bengal, Mughal Period * Murshid Quli Khan and His Times * Dhaka, the Mughal Capital * The

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: A Short Account of their History and Culture * Banglar Itihas *Social History of the Muslims in Bengal (Down to A.D. 1538)

Death

Karim died on 24 July 2007 in

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

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References

20th-century Bangladeshi historians University of Dhaka faculty Vice-Chancellors of the University of Chittagong Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Date of birth missing Place of birth missing University of Chittagong faculty Alumni of the University of London University of Rajshahi faculty 2007 deaths People from Banshkhali Upazila {{Bangladesh-academic-bio-stub