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Syed Murtaza Ali (1 July 1902 – 9 August 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer. He was the elder brother of writer and linguist Syed Mujtaba Ali. He is noted for his works relating to the histories of Chittagong, Sylhet and Jaintia.

Background and education

Syed Murtaza Ali Khandakar was born into a Bengali Muslim Syed family of Khandakars on 1 July 1902 in Karimganj, Sylhet District. His father, Khan Bahadur Syed Sikandar Ali, was a Sub-Registrar. He traced his paternal descent from Shah Syed Ahmed Mutawakkil, a Sufi Peer and a Syed of Taraf, though apparently unrelated to the region's ruling Syed dynasty. Ali's mother, Amatul Mannan Khatun, belonged to the Chowdhuries of Kala and Bahadurpur, an Islamised branch of the Pal family of Panchakhanda. His paternal family's ancestral home is Khandakar Bari in Uttarsur Village of Bahubal Upazila of Habiganj District.

Ali passed his matriculation examination from Sylhet Government School in 1921 and passed his ISc from Murari Chand College in 1923. He earned his bachelor's in physics from Presidency College, Calcutta.

Career

In 1926, he became the magistrate of Maulvi Bazar subdivision. He was sub-divisional officer in 1940. Later he became the under secretary in the Education Department. He retired from civil service positions in 1959.

He served as the president of the Bangla Academy during 1969-1971 and 1975-1977 and Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in 1974.

Works

• Pashchim Pakistan (1952)
• The History of Jaintia (1954)
• History of Chittagong (1964)
• Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sylheter Itihas (1965).
• Amader Kaler Katha (1968),
• Muztaba-Katha O Anyanya Prasanga (1976)
• Prabandha Bichitra (1967)

Awards

• Bangla Academy Literary Award (1973)
• Independence Day Award (1982)

References

1. ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Ali, Syed Murtaza". In Sirajul Islam; 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. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
2. Khan, Nurur Rahman (1999). "Syed Mujtaba Ali". In Sharif Uddin Ahmed (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Sylhet: Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. pp. 824–25. ISBN 978-984-31-0478-6.
3. Ali, Syed Murtaza (1968). Amadera kalera katha (in Bengali). Baighara. p. 27.
4. "Syed Moazzem Ali passes away". Barta24. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

• 1902 births
• 1981 deaths
• Bangladeshi male writers
• Recipients of the Independence Day Award
• Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
• 20th-century Bangladeshi historians
• Recipients of Bangla Academy Award
• People from Habiganj District
• People from Karimganj district
• 20th-century Bengalis