Taslimuddin Ahmad
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Taslimuddin Ahmad | |
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তসলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ | |
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| Born | 30 April 1852 |
| Died | 24 March 1927 (aged 74) Munshipara, Rangpur district, Bengal Presidency |
| Relatives | Mir Jumla II[1] |
Khan Bahadur Maulvi Taslimuddin Ahmad CIE (Bengali: তসলীমুদ্দীন আহমদ; 30 April 1852 – 24 March 1927) was a Bengali lawyer, littérateur, politician and philanthropist.[2] He is best known for translating the Qur'an into Bengali.[3]
Ahmad was born on 30 April 1852 in the city of Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency. He belonged to the Bengali Muslim Tea family from the village of Chandanbari in Jalpaiguri district (now in Panchagarh District, Bangladesh). He was the third child of revenue officer Monshi Mohamed Tarickoollah and the brother of prosaist Taherunnesa.[4] His grandfather, Qazi Tajuddin Ahmad, was a judge, who traced his ancestry to Muhammad Daniyal, brother of Mughal general Mir Jumla II who settled in the village after power transferred from Cooch Behar to Mughal rule during the invasion of Cooch Behar and Assam. Ahmad married Naeemunnesa, with whom he had four sons including the renowned littérateur Talimuddin Ahmad alias Tareequl Islam (1889–1925).[4]
Ahmad was educated at the Chandanbari Model School, and then received a scholarship to study at the Rangpur Zilla School where he completed his Entrance examination in 1873. He graduated from the University of Calcutta with a Bachelor of Arts in 1877 and Bachelor of Laws in 1882.[3]