Sadeq Ali

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Munshi

Muhammad Sadeq Ali

Munsif
Halat-un-Nabi by Sadeq Ali
Halat-un-Nabi by Sadeq Ali
Native name
সাদেক আলী
BornShree Gour Kishore Sen
1798 or 1801
Died1862(1862-00-00) (aged 63–64)
OccupationMunshi, judge, poet
LanguageDobhashi Bengali
GenreIslam
Notable works
  • Halat-un-Nabi
  • Mahabbatnama
  • Hashor Michhil

Sylhet region and would later be transcribed in the Bengali script.[3]

Early life

Shree Gour Kishore Sen was born in a Bengali Baidya family around 1800.[4]

In August 1818, he was taught the basics of

Hingazia thana.[2]

He formally accepted

Hanafi madhhab.[2]

Career as a writer

Ketab Halatunnabi

ꠉꠚꠥꠞ ꠞꠢꠤꠝ ꠀꠟ꠆ꠟꠣ ꠇꠣꠖꠤꠞ ꠍꠥꠛꠢꠣꠘ
gôfur rôhim alla qadir subôhan
Glorified is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful Allah, The Able
ꠍꠤꠔꠣꠞꠣꠄ ꠈꠥꠛꠤ ꠖꠤꠟꠣ ꠡꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠝꠣꠘ
sitarae khubi dila shat asman
With stars, He beautified the seven heavens
ꠏꠝꠤꠘꠦꠞ ꠈꠥꠛꠤ ꠖꠤꠟꠣ ꠇꠔ ꠌꠤꠎꠦ ꠀꠞ
zôminer khubi dila kôtô chize ar
With many things, He beautified the earth
ꠡꠇꠟ ꠝꠢꠔꠣꠎ ꠈꠣꠟꠤ ꠉꠘꠤ ꠙꠞꠅꠀꠞ
shôkôl môhôtaj khali gôni pôroar
We are all needy except the All-Sufficient Provider

 – First stanza - Munshi Sadeq Ali[4]

Sadeq Ali decided to take a reformist stance against the common Sylheti Muslim literature which had used

Sufi Baul elements. Sadeq Ali then published his Mahabbatnama based on the story of Yusuf and Zulaikha taking inspiration from the earlier version by Shah Gharibullah of West Bengal.[5] He also wrote Hashor Michhil (Procession of Hashr), which also remains in circulation, continuing to be sold in shops in both Sylheti Nagri and Bengali scripts. as well as Radd al-Hind (Response to the Hindus), Kashf al-Bid'ah (Unveiling of Innovation), Pandenama, Dafeh al-Hujat, Hushiarnama and Rahasatul Islam.[5]

Sadeq Ali later composed another

Sylhet and Cachar, making it the most popular and widely printed book in the Sylheti Nagri script.[3] Sadeq Ali wrote Radd-i-Kufr in 1874.[6]

Death and legacy

Long after Sadeq Ali's death in 1862,

Sylhet town destroying the Islamia Press, which was the largest Sylheti Nagri printing press. However, Bengali script versions of the Halat-un-Nabi puthi continued to be in production and circulation.[7] The puthi was included in the Nagri Grantha Sambhar, a selection of Nagri puthis published by Utsho Prokashon in 2014.[8][9][unreliable source?
]

See also

References

  1. OCLC 495614347
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  2. ^ a b c d’Hubert, Thibaut. "The khādim and the munshī: Śāh Garībullāh and Sādek Ālī". Foundational Maḥabbat-nāmas: Jāmī's Yūsuf u Zulaykhā in Bengal (ca. 16th–19th AD) (Thesis).
  3. ^ a b Bhuiya, Md. Abdul Musabbir (2000). Jalalabadi Nagri: A Unique Script & Literature of Sylheti Bangla. Badarpur, Assam: National Publishers.
  4. ^ a b "Puthi Halot-un-Nobi by Sadek Ali". Sylheti Translation and Research.
  5. ^ a b c Saleem, Mustafa (30 November 2018). মহব্বত নামা : ফার্সি থেকে বাংলা আখ্যান. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali).
  6. SBN 19-562203-0
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  7. S2CID 158262463
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  8. ^ "নাগরী লিপির গ্রন্থসম্ভার নিয়ে এল উত্স প্রকাশন" [Utsho Prokashon has come with a Nagri script book collection]. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ "একুশের আবহ". Samakal (in Bengali). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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