Abdul Majid (justice)
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Abdul Majid | |
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| Born | 17 May 1868 |
| Died | 7 November 1924 (aged 56) |
| Spouses | Mafidan Nissa |
| Children | Mohammad Ishfaqul Mazid |
Sir Abdul Majid CIE (17 May 1868 — 6 November 1924) was an Assam born Bengali justice and scholar of both the Bengali language and the Assamese language. He spoke Arabic, Persian, English, Bengali, and Assamese.[1]
Majid's ancestors originated from Goalpara, Assam, but had moved to Jorhat in upper Assam when the ruling Ahom kings shifted their capital from Sivasagar to Jorhat.[1] Majid's great-grandfather, Dar Shah Fakir, had renounced worldly life and became an ascetic. Majid's grandfather, Mohammad Shah, became a merchant and the largest Mauzadar of Assam, who owned large arable land and residential properties.[1]
Majid was born on 17 May 1868 in Balibat, Jorhat in the then North-East Frontier, British India.[2] In 1882, at age 14, he became the first graduate from Jorhat to pass the entrance examination from Jorhat High School.[2] He then graduated from Presidency College in Calcutta in 1887. He then enrolled into Cambridge University to study law in 1888. In 1891, he qualified as a barrister from Middle Temple.[1]