Ajiria Madrasa

Ajiria Alia Madrasa (Bengali: আজিরিয়া আলিয়া মাদরাসা) is an alia madrasa, situated in Fulbari, Golapganj Upazila, Sylhet District, Bangladesh.[1][2]

Ajiria Alia Madrasa
আজিরিয়া আলিয়া মাদরাসা
Location
Fulbari, Ward 6, Golapganj, Sylhet District

Bangladesh
Information
Other nameAziria Madrasa
TypeMadrasa
Religious affiliation(s)Islam
EstablishedBefore 1860 (1860)
FounderMuhammad Ajiruddin Ahmad
School boardBangladesh Madrasah Education Board
LanguageBengali, Arabic

History

The descendants of Mughal statesman and zamindar Mir Hazara established a madrasa in the village of Fulbari.[3] In 1860, Allama Muhammad Ajiruddin Ahmad transformed it into an Alia Madrasa, related to the style of the Alia Madrasa of Calcutta. From then on it came to be known as Ajiria Alia Madrasa.[4] Ahmad was the author of the Persian books Guldasta-i-Aqaid and Aqaid-i-Ajiria (Creed of Ajiria).[5] In the 20th century, Sufi Habibur Rahman Chowdhury became the headmaster.[6] His son, Majid Uddin Chowdhury, was a prominent tea pioneer and former principal of Murari Chand College. He was also the father of Mohius Sunnah Chowdhury, who played a great role in the development of the madrasa.[7]

The madrasa became an important centre for the Pakistan Movement, with key activities from its alumni Abdul Musabbir of Gohorpur, who founded the Sylhet District Muslim Student Association, and Sayad Naziruddin Ahmad of Balakandi.[8][9] Other notable alumni include Ibrahim Tashna and Shitalong Shah.[3]

See also

Further reading
  • Choudhury, Mustansirur Rahman. আঞ্চলিক ইতিহাস: ফুলবাড়ী আজিরিয়া আলিয়া মাদ্রাসা [Regional history: Fulbari Aziriya Aliya Madrasha] (in Bengali).
  • Choudhury, Mustansirur Rahman; Choudhury, Fakhrul Islam (1992). ফুলবাড়ী, ইতিহাস খ্যাত একটি গ্রাম (in Bengali).

References
  1. Mohanta, Rasamay (1990). সিলেট অঞ্চলের শিক্ষাঙ্গন: অতীত ও বর্তমান (in Bengali). Sarasvatī Mohānta. p. 3.
  2. Jamil, SM, ed. (1948). The Muslim Year Book of India and Who's who: With Complete Information on Pakistan, 1948-49. Bombay Newspaper Company. p. 247.
  3. Rahman, Fazlur (1991). "ফুলবাড়ী আজিরিয়া মাদ্রাসা" [Phulbari Ajiriya Madrasah]. সিলেটের মাটি, সিলেটের মানুষ [Sylhet's soil, Sylhet's people] (in Bengali). p. 151.
  4. Khatun Chowdhuri, Rabeya (1993). সিলেটের কাব্য সাধনা (in Bengali). p. 101.
  5. Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. 1999. p. 610.
  6. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Pakistan: Biographical Research Institute. 1960. p. 375-376.
  7. Siddiquee, Iqbal (7 Nov 2009). "Remembering Mohius Sunnah Chowdhury". The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
  8. Choudhury.
  9. Laskar, Mahbubur Rahman (2015), "Madrassas of Surma-Barak Valley in Partition", Madrassas and Partition 1940-1947: a study of the Madrassas of Surma-Barak Valley and their Responses to the Partition and Anti-partition Movement (PDF), Assam University

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