Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji 2. Shah Jalal of Sylhet 3. Khan Jahan Ali 4. Syed Sultan 5. Syed Alaol 6. Hayat Mahmud 7. Mannujan Khanum 8. Haji Muhammad Muhsin 9. Rahimunnesa 10. Haji Shariatullah 11. Titu Mir 12. Mawlana Karamat Ali Jaunpuri 13. Sir Abdul Ghani 14. Nawab Abdul Latif 15. Abdur Rauf Wahid 16. Abdul Ghafur Nassakh 17. Mawlana Ubaydullah Suhrawardi 18. Nawab Faizunnesa Choudhurani 19. Dilwar Husayn Ahmad 20. Sir Ahsanullah 21. Pir Abu Bakr Siddiqi of Furfura 22. Mir Musharraf Husayn 23. Rt. Hon. Syed Ameer Ali 24. Rt. Hon. Taslimuddin Ahmad 25. Muhammad Daad Ali 26. Kazim al-Qurayshi Kaykobad 27. Shaykh Abdur Rahim of Basirhat 28. Muzammil Haq of Shantipur 29. Munshi Muhammad Meherullah 30. Maulvi Abdul Karim of Sylhet 31. Sir Syed Shamsul Huda 32. Nawab Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury 33. Mawlana Abdul Awwal Jaunpuri 34. Sir Abdur Rahim 35. Mawlana Muhammad Akram Khan 36. Abdul Karim Sahityavisharad 37. Munshi Shaykh Zamiruddin 38. Sir Salimullah Khan Bahadur 39. Wajid Ali Khan Panni 40. Mawlana Abu Nasr Wahid 41. Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah 42. Begum Rokeya Conclusion Brief Chronology of Islamic History of Bengal List of Further Reading Select Bibliography Index

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About the Author

Muhammad Mojlum Khan was born in 1973 in Habiganj, Bangladesh and was educated in England. He is a teacher, author, literary critic and research scholar, and has published more than 150 essays and articles worldwide. He is author of Kube's The Muslim 100 (2008), Pioneers of Islam in Bengal (forthcoming), Against the Tide (forthcoming), and his writings have been translated into several languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Director of Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK. He is a British national and lives in England with his family.

Reviews

"The Muslim Heritage of Bengal is a multidimensional work - I am sure this book will add to the vista of knowledge in the field of Muslim history and heritage of Bengal. I recommend this work." - Dr A. K. M. Yaqub Ali, Professor Emeritus, Islamic History & Culture, University of Rajshahi "Khan's book provides invaluable information which will inspire present and future generations." - Dr M. Abdul Jabbar Beg, Formerly Professor of Islamic History & Civilization at National University of Malaysia