Syed Ismail Hossain Siraji | |
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Native name | সৈয়দ ইসমাইল হোসেন সিরাজী |
Born | 13 July 1880 Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency |
Died | July 17, 1931 Bengal Presidency | (aged 51)
Language | Bengali language |
Education | Jnanadayini Minor English School. |
Islam in Bangladesh |
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Syed Ismail Hossain Siraji (Bengali: সৈয়দ ইসমাইল হোসেন সিরাজী; 1880–1931) was a Bengali author and poet from Sirajganj in present-day Bangladesh. He is considered to be one of the key authors of period of the Bengali Muslim reawakening; encouraging education and glorifying the Islamic heritage.[1] He also contributed greatly to introducing the Khilafat Movement in Bengal,[2] and provided medical supplies to the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars.[3] Anal-Prabaha, his first poetry book, was banned by the government and he was subsequently imprisoned as the first South Asian poet to allegedly call for independence against the British Raj. The government issued Section 144 against him 82 times in his lifetime.[4]
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