Syed Murtaza Ali
Syed Murtaza Ali | |
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| সৈয়দ মুর্তাজা আলী | |
| President of Bangla Academy | |
| In office 8 March 1975 – 7 March 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Zainul Abedin |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ali Ahsan |
| In office 9 August 1969 – 8 August 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda |
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| Born | 1 July 1902 Karimganj, Assam Province, British India |
| Died | 9 August 1981 (aged 79) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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| Occupation | Civil servant |
Syed Murtaza Ali (1 July 1902 – 9 August 1981) was a Bangladeshi writer.[1] He was the elder brother of writer and linguist Syed Mujtaba Ali.[1] He is noted for his works relating to the histories of Chittagong, Sylhet and Jaintia.
Background and education
[edit]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.[1] 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.[2] Ali's mother, Amatul Mannan Khatun, belonged to the Chowdhuries of Kala and Bahadurpur, an Islamised branch of the Pal family of Panchakhanda.[3] His paternal family's ancestral home is Khandakar Bari in Uttarsur Village of Bahubal Upazila of Habiganj District.[4]
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.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1926, Ali 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.[1]
Ali served as the president of the Bangla Academy during 1969-1971 and 1975-1977 and Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in 1974.[1][5]
Works
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Bangla Academy Literary Award (1973)[6]
- Independence Day Award (1982)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f 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 12 February 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1968). Amadera kalera katha (in Bengali). Baighara. p. 27.
- ^ "Syed Moazzem Ali passes away". Barta24. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "বাংলা একাডেমি". banglaacademy.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার [Bangla Academy Literary Award] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "প্রতিষ্ঠানেরতালিকা". cabinet.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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