Abdul Majed Khan

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Abdul Majed Khan was a Bangladeshi-New Zealander academic, researcher, and activist. [1] He is a former senior lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington. [2] He taught at the University of Kolkata and University of Dhaka. [3]

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Early life and education

Khan was born in August 1919. [4] He graduated from Faridpur Zilla School and Presidency University, Kolkata, in 1935 and 1939. [4] He did his master's degree from the University of Calcutta in 1942 in Islamic history and culture. [4]

Khan completed his PhD at the University of London. [4] His thesis was The Transition in Bengal 1756-1775: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan. [5] [4] [6]

Career

Khan joined the University of Calcutta as a tutor in 1943. [4] He would be appointed a full-time lecturer and superintendent of Carmichael Hall. In 1944, he joined the Bengal Education Service as an Islamic History and Culture professor. [4] He was posted to Islamia College, Kolkata. He transferred to the Civil Supplies Department and was stationed in Jalpaiguri. [4]

After the partition of India, Khan moved to East Bengal. [4] He was posted in Faridpur District, Gaibandha District, and Rajbari District. [4] He joined the Department of Islamic History and Culture at the University of Dhaka. [4] Khan joined the Bengali language movement in 1952. [4]

Khan joined Victoria University of Wellington in 1966 after completing his PhD. [4] [7] His family was the only Bangladeshi family in New Zealand. [4] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he worked with M Hossain Ali and A R Mallick to lobby on behalf of Bangladesh in Australia and New Zealand. [4]

Khan worked with Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of New Zealand, to get aid to Bangladesh such as a dairy farm in Savar and training of Bangladeshi pilots in New Zealand. [4] He taught at the University of Dhaka as a visiting faculty in 1973. [4] He founded the International Muslim Association of New Zealand. [4]

Death

Khan died on 31 October 1975. [4] He was buried in Muslim Cemetery at Makara in Wellington. [4] He had worked to establish it as the first Muslim cemetery in New Zealand and he was the first burial at the cemetery. [8] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Rippin, Andrew (2008). World Islam: Critical Concepts in Islamic Studies. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN   978-0-415-45652-4.
  2. ↑ "News" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of History. 10 (1): 95. April 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (April 1976). "Death". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. XXI (1): 39. Abdul Majed Khan, formerely a teacher of the Calcutta University and Dacca University ...
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Khan, A Majeed (17 June 2021). "Khan, Abdul Majed". Banglapedia . Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Khan, Abdul Majed (2008) [First published 1969]. The Transition in Bengal, 1756–75: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-04982-5.
  6. ↑ Khan, Mūīnuddīn Aḥmed (1970). "Review of The Transition in Bengal 1756-1775: A Study of Saiyid Muhammad Reza Khan". Islamic Studies. 9 (3): 276–278. ISSN   0578-8072. JSTOR   20832998.
  7. ↑ Asiatic Society of Pakistan (1970). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan. Asiatic Society of Pakistan. p. 174.
  8. ↑ "Muslim Cemetery in Wellington | IMAN" . Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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