Ibrahim Ali Tashna
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Main interest(s) | Hadith, poetry |
Notable work(s) | Agnikuṇḍa |
Relatives | Ismail Alam (brother) |
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Teacher | Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad |
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Shāh Muḥammad Ibrāhīm ʿAlī (
Early life and family
Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Ali was born in 1872, to a
Education
Ali initially studied at home with his father before enrolling at the Ajiria Madrasa in Fulbari, Golapganj.[8] After completing his education there, he studied at the Darul Uloom Deoband in North India.[9] Ali spent nine years in Deoband, studying under the likes of Fazal Haq Deobandi, Muhammad Munir Nanautavi and Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad.[10]
He was married to Asiya Khatun, and had several children including Oliur Rahman.[11]
Career
Returning to his country, Ali began his career in the sector of Islamic education. In addition to the Imdadul Uloom Umarganj in Kanaighat (est. 1899), Ali established multiple educational institutions such as Sarakerbazar Ahmadiyya Madrasa.[12] At this time, the teaching of tajwid was not prevalent in the Jaintia plains, and so Ali began a tajwid initiative at his madrasa in Umarganj.[13]
In 1902, Ali set off towards
Tashna played a significant role in popularising Islamic gatherings (jalsa) in the erstwhile Sylhet district.[9] His first mass gathering event in northern Sylhet took place in 1906, and had tens of thousands of attendees.[14][15] A popular folk saying emerged as result of the popularity of Tashna and his accomplice's religious gatherings:
ত্রিশ চল্লিশ হাজার লোক হয় এই মহফিলের মাঝে
trish chôllish hazar lok hoy ei môhfiler majhe
ইসলামের ডঙ্কা বাজে- হায় হায়
islamer dôngka baje - hay hay
রঙ্গে ঢঙ্গের ওয়াজ করে কত রঙ্গের উলামায়।rônge dhônger waz kôre kôtô rônger ulamay.
Imprisonment and activism
Under the instructions of
On 23 March 1922, the Kanaighat Islamia Madrasa set to host their annual
Works
Tashna wrote several books in
It was the period after his imprisonment in which he left the political field to live a more spiritual and secluded life. During this time, Tashna began to write a lot of mysyic poetry in his mother-tongue, Bengali.
Death
Tashna died in his own home at Kanaighat at the age of 61, on 11 September 1931.[7] He left behind four sons and one daughter.[19]
See also
Further reading
- Sayed, Dr. Ahsan (2006). বাংলাদেশে হাদিস চর্চা উৎপত্তি ও ক্রমবিকাশ [Origin and development of Hadith practice in Bangladesh]. ISBN 9789842005602.
References
- ^ a b c Laskar, Mahmud, Monthly Madina, February 2009 (in Bengali)
- ^ "এক নজরে ইবরাহীম তশনা". Kanaighat Upojela. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ Dr Shamsuddin (15 February 1987). এক নজরে কানাইঘাট [Kanaighat at a glance] (in Bengali). p. 67.
- ^ Bhuiyan, Zafar Ahmed. বাংলাদেশে উর্দু সাহিত্য [Urdu literature in Bangladesh] (in Bengali).
- ^ Abdul Baqi, Dr Muhammad. বাংলাদেশে আরবী, ফার্সী ও উর্দুতে ইসলামী সাহিত্য চর্চা [The practice of Islamic literature in Arabic, Persian and Urdu in Bangladesh] (in Bengali). Islamic Foundation Bangladesh.
- ^ Ragbi, Abdul Jalil. Mashayekhe Assam (in Bengali). Nagaon, India: Nuri Islamic Foundation.
- ^ a b c d Islami Bishwakosh. Vol. 4 (2 ed.). June 2006. p. 700.
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(help) - ^ Choudhury, Mustansirur Rahman (November 1999). আঞ্চলিক ইতিহাস: ফুলবাড়ী আজিরিয়া আলিয়া মাদ্রাসা [Regional history: Fulbari Aziriya Aliya Madrasha] (in Bengali).
- ^ a b c Chowdhury, Ragib Husayn (3 March 1994). Sylheter Dak (in Bengali).
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(help) - ^ Chowdhury, Shahid (1994). স্মৃতির পাতায় জালালাবাদ (in Bengali). Japan: Jalalabad Forum.
- ^ Sylheter Dak, 16 January 2009, page 8
- ^ Abdur Rahim, Muhammad (March 2018). কানাইঘাটের উলামায়ে কেরাম (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Pandulipi Prakashan.
- ^ Rahmatullah, Mohammad (1985). হায়াতে তাইয়্যিবা (in Bengali).
- ^ Sharma, Nandalal (September 2021). "মরমি কবি ইবরাহীম তশ্না" [Mystic poet Ibrahim Tashna] (in Bengali).
- ^ Rahman, Fazlur. সিলেটের একশত একজন [Sylhet's one hundred and one personalities] (in Bengali).
- ^ Oliur Rahman (1992). উদাসী তশ্না (in Bengali).
- ^ Rahman, Fazlur. Jaintia Darpan (in Bengali).
- ^ Hasnat, Abul (9 March 2019). "ব্রিটিশ বিরোধী আন্দোলনে কানাইঘাটের অবদান" [Kanaighat's contribution to the anti-British movement]. bd24report.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b Faruqi, Sarwar (2009). মরমি কবি ইবরাহিম আলী তশনা ও অগ্নিকুণ্ড গানের সংকলন [Mystic poet Ibrahim Ali Tashna and compilation of the Agnikunda song] (in Bengali). Ekushey Book Fair: Madina Publications.
- ^ Bismil, Mohammad Abdul Jaleel (1981). سلہٹ میں اردو [Urdu in Sylhet] (in Urdu). Karachi: Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu.
- ^ Saqlain, Ghulam. বাংলাদেশের সূফী সাধক (in Bengali). Dhaka: Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. pp. 111–114.
- ^ Sharma, Nandalal. লোকসংস্কৃতি : সিলেট প্রেক্ষিত (in Bengali).
- ^ Sharma, Nandalal. বাঁশির সুরে অঙ্গ জ্বলে [The limbs burn to the tune of the flute] (in Bengali).
- ^ আসাদ্দর রচনা সমগ্র [Asaddar's entire composition] (in Bengali). Vol. 2. London, United Kingdom: The Ethnic Minorities Original History and Research Centre. 21 February 2003. p. 35.
- ^ "সিলেটের মরমি গান" [Mystic songs of Sylhet]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.