Ghazi Burhanuddin

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Shaykh Ghazi
Burhanuddin
The tomb of Gazi Burhan Uddin.
Personal
Died
Tultikar, Sylhet
ReligionIslam
ChildrenSyed Gulzar Alam
Muslim leader
Based inBurhanabad, Kushi Ghat, Tultikar, Sylhet
Period in officeEarly 14th century
PostCompanion of Shah Jalal

Syed Ghāzī Burhān ad-Dīn (

Sylhet region.[1]

Life

It is said that there were around 13 Muslim families which settled in the

Sindh and travelled to Chittagong via ship. From there, they eventually reached Sylhet for dawah and business-related purposes. The village which the thirteen families settled in still exists today in Tultikar and is known as Tero Ratan village (তেররতন thirteen pearls).[2]

During the celebration of his newborn son's

Shamsuddin Firoz Shah
.

A number of battles took place in order to conquer Sylhet and fight injustice, with Burhanuddin acting as guide. This expedition came to be known as the Conquest of Sylhet. The region was finally conquered with the help of a force led by Shah Jalal and his companions in 1303.[3]

Legacy

A road in Sylhet is named after him as Sayed Burhanuddin Road in Burhanabad (also named after him), Kushighat, Tultikar. A school called Ghazi Burhan Uddin Primary School can also be found in the road.[6] The road also contains him mazar (mausoleum).[3] The former police station in Commercial Street, London was redeveloped as a housing block in 1987 and named after him as Burhan Uddin House.[7] Also in the East End of London, there is a mosque named after him called the Burhan Uddin Masjid on Buckfast Street, Bethnal Green.

See also

References

  1. ^ হযরত শাহজালাল (রঃ) ও হযরত শাহপরাণ (রঃ) এর মাজার. www.sylhetsadar.sylhet.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ Qurashi, Ishfaq (December 2012). "বুরহান উদ্দিন ও নূরউদ্দিন প্রসঙ্গ" [Burhan Uddin and Nooruddin]. শাহজালাল(রঃ) এবং শাহদাউদ কুরায়শী(রঃ) [Shah Jalal and Shah Dawud Qurayshi] (in Bengali).
  3. ^ a b c Hussain, Muhammad Sahul. "Burhanuddin (R)". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  4. ^ EB, Suharwardy Yemani Sylheti, Shaikhul Mashaikh Hazrat Makhdum Ghazi Shaikh Jalaluddin Mujjarad, in Hanif, N. "Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East. Vol. 2". Sarup & Sons, 2002. p.459
  5. ^ হযরত শাহজালাল (রহ.) ও ইবনে বতুতার মিথস্ক্রিয়া. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ Chowdhury, Muhammad Farruk Ahmed. "Sylhet Sadar Upazila". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  7. Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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