(D. 2001)

Maulana Hasmatullah Faridpuri,  the pir (saint) of Atroshi in Faridpur district, was a Sufi teacher whose disciplines  advanced the Atroshi tariqa by bringing in more recruits and focusing on developing buildings and institutions. He was a student of Hazrat Khwaja Yunus Ali, one of the most influential Sufis in Bangladesh … Read more

(1863 - 1943)

Maulvi Abdul Karim, an educationist and writer, who tried to spread education among the educationally backward Muslims of Bengal and highlighted the causes of Muslim backwardness, also helped reform Madrasah education by introducing the New Scheme which aimed at imparting modern education alongside religious instruction ... Read more

(1889 – 1987)

Maulvi Shamsuddin Ahmed, a great Muslim epigraphist (the study of inscriptions) and numismatist (study of coins) and scholar of Bengal, is known for his pioneering research and writing on epigraphy that inspired many other prominent scholars of modern times ... Read more

(1900 – 1960)

Mawlana Abdullahil Kafi (also spelt Abdullah Hel Kafi), one of the great Islamic scholars of the Dinajpur district now in Bangladesh and author of Nubuwwat-e- Muhammadi (The Prophethood of Muhammad) and Ahl-e-Hadis Parichiti (An Introduction to Ahl-e Hadis), propagated the Hadith movement and created the All Party Islami Front … Read more

(1925 - 2009)

Mehrab Ali,  a local historian, amateur archaeologist and prolific writer, claimed to have published forty books and booklets which may attest to the fact that he was not only a prominent local historian but also a man of considerable learning and culture. His most famous book was on the Christian Baptist Missionary, William Carey, who was known not only for his linguistic work but also for inventing a Bengali typeface for printing purposes ... Read more

(1847 - 1912)

Syed Mir Mosharraf Hussain, a writer, novelist, playwright and essayist, is considered to be the first major Bengali writer to emerge from the Muslim society of Bengal, and one of the finest prose writers in the Bengali language. His important works include Bishad Sindhu (Ocean of Sorrow) depicted the tale of martyrdom of Hasan and Husayn in Karbala ... Read more

(1921- 1997)

Professor Mohammad Gholam Rasul (also spelled as Rasool), a most prolific writer on Islamic history and culture, was also a translator of academic books from English into Bengali. He had a serious interest in the philosophy of history and published two books, The Origin and Development of Muslim Historiography and Muslim Itihas Charcha (Muslim Historiography) in Bengali; historiography is the study of how history is written and how our historical understanding changes over time ... Read more

See: Muhammad Mohar Ali

(1921- 2006)

Mufakhkharul Islam (also known as Islam Sahib),  a poet who wrote Bengali poems on Islamic themes and erudite essays on Bengali literature,  was a brilliant thinker who advocated the use of Arabic and Persian words, which are an inseparable part of the Bengal’s Islamic literary heritage ... Read more

(1929 – 2003)

Professor Dr. Muhammad Abdul Bari, a prominent Muslim educationalist and an inspirational Professor of Islamic History and Culture at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh, had also been the leader of the reformist Jam’iyyat Ahl -I Hadith movement in East and North Bengal since 1960 … Read more

(1888- 1942)

Mawlana Abul Fadl Muhammad Manir al-din Anwari, a preacher of Islam (wa'iz), a writer, editor of the weekly journal Ahl-e Hadis, a commentator of the Qur'an, a political activist and a freedom-fighter for the independence of Bangladesh, became well-known as editor of a weekly newspaper, Ahl-e Hadis, which was dedicated to Islamic revivalism and reformism … Read more

(1929 – 2007)

Professor Muhammad Mohar Ali, a specialist in Islamic history – in particular the history of Bengal. His book, History of the Muslims of Bengal, is considered an important reference in the history of the propagation of Islam in the region and its cultural and political effects … Read more

See: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

See: Mir Musharraf Hussain