The Mohammadi
Art journal
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The Mohammadi was a Bengali language monthly art journal. It was founded by Mohammad Akram Khan, who worked as its editor.[1][2]
History
The Mohammadi was founded in August 1927 in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British Raj by Mohammad Akram Khan. The purpose of the Ahmadi was to shape a unique literary culture of Bengali Muslims. It was supportive of the two-nation theory of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. It closed down for a while and reopened in 1937. It supported Pakistan and the partition of India. It moved to Dhaka, East Pakistan, after the partition of India.[3] Muhammad Wajed Ali served as its editor for a while.[4]
Its first issue in Dhaka was published in December 1949. It was edited by Mujibur Rahman Khan. A number of issues were edited by Akram Khan and Badrul Anam Khan. The magazine published stories by Bengali Muslim authors like Sufia Kamal, Shawkat Osman, Abdullah Al-Muti Sharafuddin and Alauddin Al Azad. Because of its pro-Pakistan and Muslim position, the magazine opposed Bengali nationalism. Its last issue was published in 1970, one year before the independence of Bangladesh.[3]