Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri

Bengali politician
Shams al-ʿUlamāʾ Khān Bahādur Mawlānā
Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri
আহমদ আলী এনায়েতপুরী
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1938–1945
Succeeded byTofazzel Hossain[1]
ConstituencyJhenaidah
Personal
Born
Ahmed Ali

21 January 1898
Enayetpur, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
DiedJanuary 4, 1959(1959-01-04) (aged 60)
Enayetpur, Jhenaidah, Jessore District, East Bengal, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Political partyAll-India Muslim League
TariqaSilsila-e-Furfura
Muslim leader
TeacherMohammad Abu Bakr Siddique

Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (Bengali: আহমদ আলী এনায়েতপুরী) was a Bengali writer, journalist, and politician.

Early life and education

Ahmed Ali was born on 21 January 1898, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Enayetpur in Jessore District, Bengal Presidency. The family had Iraqi ancestry. His father, Shah Abed Ali (d. 1956), was a Mawlana and his mother's name was Sayeda Khatun.[citation needed]

He studied at the Shajiali Lower Primary School under Pandit Dvijabar Charkabarti and others. After that he enrolled at the Jessore District School, studying until class 8. His father realised Ali's lack of interest and enrolled him at the Calcutta Alia Madrasa instead. In Calcutta, Ali completed Islamic studies and learnt Arabic under Mawlana Gul Muhammad Khan and Mawlana Bashir Ahmad. However, instead of completing his studies at the madrasa, Ali came under the influence of Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique, the inaugural Pir of Furfura Sharif. Siddique taught him Islamic theology, Persian and Urdu.[2] Enayetpuri later self-learned English too and was conferred the title of Shamsul Ulama. Not long after his studies, his pir instructed him to give public speeches, calling towards Islam.[3]

Career

Enayetpuri founded Sariat (also spelled Sariyat), a monthly magazine, in 1924 and became its editor. He renamed the newspaper Sariat-i-Islam. It was the sole Hanafi publication in Kolkata. It was dogmatic.[4][5] He served as the editor of the Sariat-i-Islam for 32 years. In 1934, the British Raj awarded him the title of Khan Sahib. He served as a member of the Jessore District Board.

In 1937 he was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Jhenaidah constituency as a candidate of the All India Muslim League. In the assembly he introduced a bill to make primary education free.[2][6] He was awarded the title of Khan Bahadur in 1938.[7]

Death

Enayetpuri died on 4 January 1959 in Enayetpur, Jessore District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[2]

References

  1. ^ Reed, Sir Stanley, ed. (1947). The Indian Year Book.
  2. ^ a b c Uddin, M Afaz (2012). "Enayetpuri, Ahmed Ali". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ Mujibur Rahman, Muhammad (1986). বাংলা ভাষায় কুরআন চর্চা (in Bengali). Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. pp. 321–322.
  4. ^ Nur-Ul Islam, Mustafa (1973). Bengali Muslim public opinion as reflected in the Bangali press, 1901-1930. Bangla Academy. p. 306. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. 1984. p. 113. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ Indian Annual Register. Annual Register Office. 1941. p. 206. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ Aziz, Khursheed Kamal (1992). Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947: a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India. Vanguard. p. 285. ISBN 9789694021195. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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