Abu Nasr Waheed
Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Jāwīd Bakht بن جاويد بخت | |
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Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Naṣr أبو نصر | |
Muslim leader | ||
Students | ||
Influenced by | ||
Education Minister of Assam | ||
In office April 1937 – February 1938 | ||
Prime Minister | Muhammed Saadulah | |
Member of the 1st Assam Legislative Assembly | ||
In office 19 January 1937 – 1946 | ||
Constituency | Sylhet Sadar | |
Abū Naṣr Muḥammad Waḥīd (
Early life and family
Muhammad Wahid was born on 21 September 1878, to a middle class
Education
Wahid was initially homeschooled with an Islamic education by his father, Qari Muhammad Jawed Bakht. He then joined the
Career
After completing his education, Wahid became a teacher at the Sylhet Government High School and among his students were
Wahid later abandoned his legal studies and became the professor of Arabic and
Wahid was also known to have brought to light a Shah Jalal Dargah inscription kept in the house of Sheikh Abdul Haq, his sister's father-in-law, in Ambarkhana, Sylhet. He presented it to Dacca Museum where it is still kept.[18][19]
Political career
Wahid contested in the first parliamentary elections for the Assam Legislative Assembly and was successfully elected to the Sylhet Sadar constituency. He also served as Assam's education minister from April 1937 to February 1938 in the cabinet of Muhammed Saadulah.
Literary career
Abu Nasr Wahid wrote many books in Arabic and Bengali, and was also fluent in English, Persian and Urdu. He wrote books on Arabic literature such as Barakat al-Adab and Mirqah al-Adab (for beginners),[20] and other books such as Khutbah an-Nabi, Salsil Qiraat, Nukhab (selected stories from Kalīla wa-Dimna, One Thousand and One Nights and Brethren of Purity),[21] Nukhab al-Ulum and Madarij al-Qiraat.[22] His most famous work in Bengali is Diniyat Shikkha (Religious Education). He also contributed to primary school Bengali textbooks.[23]
Personal life
Wahid was married to Syeda Masuda Khatun, but after her death, he married her sister Syeda Ammatul Batool Nanni Begum. His father-in-law, Syed Abdul Jabbar of Taraf, a zamindar based in Comilla.[note 1] Wahid had two sons. His daughter, Afsari Begum, married Syed Ahmadullah, son of Syed Azizullah.[1] He embarked on the Hajj pilgrimage in 1934.[2]
Awards
In 1909, Wahid was awarded the title of Shamsul Ulama.[24] He was made a cadre of the Indian Education Service in 1921.[7]
Death and legacy
Wahid died on 31 May 1953, in
Notes
- Faizunnesa Choudhurani.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Ahmad, Syed Kamaluddin (30 June 2021), তরফের সৈয়দ বংশ ও লাকসাম নবাব পরিবার (in Bengali)
- ^ a b c d Muhammad Mojlum Khan (21 October 2013). "Mawlana Abu Nasr Wahid". The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kube Publishing.
- ^ Ahmed, Wakil (1983). "নব্যশিক্ষিত ব্যাক্তি: আবু নসর ওহীদ". উনিশ শতকে বাঙালী মুসলমানের চিন্তাচেতনার ধারা [The trend of Bengali Muslim thought in the 19th century] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Bangla Academy. pp. 129–130.
- Hodder and Stoughton.
- Calcutta, Bengal Presidency: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot. 1915. p. 56.
- ^ "Controlling Agencies: Merits of officers". Report on the Progress of Education in Eastern Bengal and Assam. 1904. p. 22.
- ^ a b কীর্তিমান শিক্ষাবিদ মাওলানা আবু নাসের ওয়াহেদ. Sahitya Sowgat (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "University of Dacca: Errata". The Calcutta Gazette: 775. 30 September 1926.
- ISBN 0718901487.
- ^ Hussain, S. M. (July 1934). Pickthall, Marmaduke (ed.). "Islamic education in Bengal". Islamic Culture: 443.
- ^ "The reformed madrassah scheme". Calcutta University Commission Report. Vol. 2. 1919. p. 121.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Stapleton, Henry Ernest (August 1913). "Eastern Bengal notes and queries VI: Ghazi Saheb, the patron saint of boatmen and first Musalman invader of Sylhet". The Dacca Review. 3: 154.
- ^ Syed Mohammad Ali (1900). "A chronology of Muslim faujdars of Sylhet". The Proceedings Of The All Pakistan History Conference. Vol. 1. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society. p. 275.
- ^ "A note on the Pupil's materials in the Drawing Class". The Calcutta Gazette: 1586. 20 August 1942.
- ^ "Statement of particulars regarding Books and Periodicals published in the United Provinces, registered under ACT XXV of 1867, during the quarter ending March, 1918". Government Gazette: The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: 389. 1918.
- ^ Pakistan Bibliographical Working Group (ed.). "Textbooks for Arabic Language". The Pakistan National Bibliography (1947-1961). National Book Centre of Pakistan. p. 177.
- ^ "Bengali Language". The Calcutta Gazette: 22. 1935.
- ^ "Special Education". General Report on Public Instruction in Eastern Bengal and Assam. 1910. p. 24.
Further reading
- Al-Mamun, Muhammad Abdullah (2008). ব্রিটিশ আমলে বাংলার মুসলিম শিক্ষা সমস্যা ও প্রসার [Education problems and expansion for Muslims of Bengal during the British period] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy.
- Abdus Sattar (2015). আলিয়া মাদ্রাসার ইতিহাস [History of Alia Madrasa] (in Bengali). Translated by Harun, Mostafa (3 ed.). ISBN 978-9840609109.
- Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Hossain (1997). জালালাবাদের কথা [About Jalalabad] (in Bengali). ISBN 9840735276.