Mafizullah Kabir

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Mafizullah Kabir (28 February 1925 - 1986) was a Bangladeshi historian and researcher. [1] He was a professor of history at the University of Dhaka. [2]

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Early life

Kabir was born on 28 February 1925 in Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency, British India. [3] In 1941, he finished his High Madrasah and in 1943, his Intermediate Examinations. [3] He learned Arabic and Persian while studying at the madrassah. [3] He did his undergraduate in 1946 and graduate studies in 1947 in history from the University of Dhaka. [3] He completed his Ph.D. at the SOAS University of London in 1953 with his thesis on Buyid dynasty. [3] [4] The Iran Society of Calcutta published his thesis in 1964. [3] [5]

Career

In 1950, Kabir joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer. [3] In the early 1960s, he was part of a study trip of history masters students from the University of Dhaka to India. [6] In 1972, he published his book, Experiences of an exile at home: Life in Occupied Bangladesh, on his experiences during the Bangladesh Liberation War which became an important source on that time in Bangladesh. [3] [7]

Kabir was the first pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka from 1976 to 1981. [3] [8] He served as the treasurer, vice-president, and general secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh for various terms. [3]

Kabir worked as the honorary curator of Dhaka City Museum. [3] He wrote extensively on Islam and Muslim history. [3] He served as the president of the Bangladesh Itihas Samiti (Bangladesh History Society). [3]

Kabir died in 1986. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Malik, Hamza (2018-10-02). The Grey Falcon: The Life and Teaching of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī. BRILL. p. 38. ISBN   978-90-04-38369-2.
  2. ↑ Kalam, Abul (2022-09-16). Diplomacy And The Independence Of Bangladesh: Portrayal Of Mujib's Statesmanship. World Scientific. pp. xii. ISBN   978-981-12-5554-0.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Hussain, M Delwar (18 June 2021). "Kabir, Mafizullah". Banglapedia . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Kabir, Mafizullah (1953) The Buwayhid Dynasty of Baghdad from the accession of Izz al-Dawla to its extinction, A.H. 356-447/A.D. 967-1055. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London". eprints.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, Rebecca Futo; Jones-Lewis, Molly (2016-01-08). The Routledge Handbook of Identity and the Environment in the Classical and Medieval Worlds. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-41569-5.
  6. ↑ Chowdhury, Abdul Momin (2022-12-14). "My three martyred teachers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. ↑ Sofa, Ahmed (2014-03-26). "What I saw and heard in Dhaka". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  8. ↑ "Pro Vice Chancellors || University of Dhaka". 2013-06-14. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  9. ↑ Marcinkowski, Christoph (2010). Shi'ite Identities: Community and Culture in Changing Social Contexts. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 73. ISBN   978-3-643-80049-7.
  10. ↑ Karakaya-Stump, Ayfer (2020-01-10). Kizilbash-Alevis in Ottoman Anatolia: Sufism, Politics and Community. Edinburgh University Press. p. 77. ISBN   978-1-4744-3270-2.
  11. ↑ "Mafizullah Kabir - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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