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Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmad (1861–1933) was a Bengali Muslim writer, journalist, and thinker.


Early life

Ahmad was born in 1861 in the village of Kaunia in
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. His father died when he was eight. He was raised in the home of Muhammad Wajid, the father of Bengali politician
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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'', '' 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 () was a 19th-century Bengalis, Bengali academic, writer, and Islamic scholar. Early life Ahmad was born in Satkhira District, Khulna Division, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. He was fluent in Bengali and Urdu languages. Career ...
, Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi, 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''.


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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