See: Fazlul Huq

(1929 – 2016)

Abdul Gafur Hali (also known by his Sufi name, Gafur Hali Maizbhanderi), a Bangladeshi folk lyricist, composer and singer who became influenced by the Maizbhanderi Sufi Singers, such as Moulana Bazlul Karim Kanchanpuri, Moulana Abdul Hadi, and Ramesh Shil … Read more

See: Nawab Abdul Latif

(1908 – 1969)

Abdul Moudud who in addition to his routine preoccupations as high executive and judicial officer in Government, strived to maintain and actively peruse his interest in scholarly studies. His special field was cultural and social history of Bengal and Muslim intellectual history ... Read more 

(1877 – 1935)

Allama Sir Abdullah al-Ma’mun Suhrawardy, one of the most brilliant Muslim scholars of his generation, was one of the first students to obtain a PhD from Calcutta University, he was an outstanding Islamic scholar, skilled linguist, eminent academic, influential politician and also a prolific writer ... Read more

See: Maulana Abdullahi Kafi

(1867 - 1952)

Sir Abdur Rahim,  renowned for his clear thinking, intellectual abilities and political leadership, was  a contemporary of eminent Muslim leaders of Bengal, an eminent jurist, an outstanding Muslim scholar and an influential Muslim leader who endeavoured to preserve and promote the interests of the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent in general and that of Bengal in particular ... Read more

(1925 – 1984)

Dr Aftab Aahmad Rahmani, a man of profound knowledge and  a torch-bearer of the wisdom of the Prophet Muhammad, was one of the world’s leading authorities on the life and works of Ibn Hajar al- Asqalani, a medieval Islamic scholar whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of Hadith ... Read more

(1920 – 2009)

Professor Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani, arguably the most prominent historian and archaeologist to have emerged from the Indian subcontinent during the twentieth century, was a pioneering researcher, prolific writer and an outstanding linguist ... Read more

See Khwaja Ahsanullah

(d. 1357)

Usman Serajuddin, known affectionately by followers as Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind (to imply Mirror of India), was a 14th-century Bengali Sufi saint of the Chishti mystic tradition and one of the first disciples of Nizamuddin Auliya. His successor Alaul Haq Pandavi is credited with the rise to prominence of the Chishti order in Bengal ... Read more

 

Alaul Haq Pandavi, a 13th century Sufi saint of Bengal belonging to the Chisti spiritual order, was a disciple of another prominent Chishti Sufi of Bengal, Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind, who in turn was one of the first disciples of Nizamuddin Auliya.  His disciples included his son Noor Qutbe Alam Pandavi and the Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, founder of the Ashrafi Sufi Order … Read more

See: Syed Ameer Ali