Abdullah el Baqui

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Muhammad Abdullah il-Baqi

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মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল্লাহিল বাকী
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Born
Muhammad Abdullahil Baqi

1886
Tubgram, Burdwan district, Bengal Province, British Raj
DiedDecember 1, 1952(1952-12-01) (aged 65–66)
East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
SectAhl-i Hadith
MovementKhilafat Movement
Non-cooperation movement
Pakistan Movement
Political partyKrishak Praja Party
All-India Muslim League
Alma materLalbari Madrasa
Kanpur Madrasa
OccupationReligious scholar, writer, politician
Muslim leader
InitiatedAnjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala

Muhammad Abdullah il-Baqi (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল্লাহিল বাকী) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician. As a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, he played an active role in the Indian independence movement. He was a prominent leader of the Ahl-i Hadith movement in North Bengal, and played a significant roles in pre-partition Ahl-i Hadith conferences.[1]

Early life[]

Baqui was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Tubgram in Burdwan district, Bengal Province, British Raj (present-day West Bengal, India). He later migrated to the neighbourhood of Nurul Huda in Dinajpur district at an early age. He completed his primary education at the Lalbari Madrasa in Badarganj, Rangpur District. After that, he enrolled at a madrasa in Kanpur where he completed his education in Islamic studies and Arabic language.[2]

Career[]

In 1907, he founded the Nurul Huda Minor School and Nurul Hua Junior Madrasa. From 1951 to 1962, it became known as Nurul Huda High Madrasa.[3] At an Islamic conference in Bogra in March 1913, he co-founded the Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala alongside Mohammad Akram Khan, Maniruzzaman Islamabadi and Muhammad Shahidullah.

Baqi was also the president of the Indian National Congress's Dinajpur branch. He took part in the Khilafat Movement and the Non-cooperation movement. Baqi was imprisoned twice for his involvement in the civil disobedience movements. In 1935, he was the president of the North Bengal Ahl-e-Hadith Conference in Haragach, Rangpur District.[1]

In 1934, he became a member of the Central Legislative Assembly representing the Praja Party. He was elected as the president of the All Bengal Tenant Association in 1937. Baqi left the Krishak Praja Party and joined the All-India Muslim League in 1945.[4] As a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, he contributed to the Pakistan Movement.[5]

After the Independence of Pakistan in 1947, he helped to establish the East Bengal Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith. Baqi also became a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan and the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly. He also served as president of the Muslim League's East Bengal branch.

Bibliography[]

Baqi wrote several works in Bengali, and he also had a fluency in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English. His articles would generally be published on his established Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala organisation's Al-Eslam monthly magazine. He also wrote a booklet called Pirer Dhyan (Meditation of the Pir).[2]

Death[]

Baqui died on 1 December 1952.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Pakistan Quarterly. Pakistan Publications. 1964. p. 129.
  2. ^ a b Abdus Salam, Muhammad (2012). "Baqi, Muhammad Abdullahil". In Islam, Sirajul; 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. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "প্রথম পাতা". Nurul Huda High School (in Bengali).
  4. ^ Jalal, Ayesha (1994). The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-521-45850-4.
  5. ^ The Constituent Assembly (Legislature) of Pakistan Debate: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1953. p. 134.
  6. ^ Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1952. p. 45. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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