Syed Muhammad Muqim (Bengali: সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ মুকিম) was an 18th-century Bengali poet,[1] author and philosopher who was active during the advent of company rule in Bengal. His puthis are notable as they are interspersed with his own philosophical thoughts on prosody, music, astrology and religions.[2]
Muhammad Muqim | |
|---|---|
| সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ মুকিম | |
| Born | 18th-century Noapara, Chittagong, Bengal Subah |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | Faydul Muqtadi, Gul-e-Bakawali and more |
Background
editMuqim was born in the 18th century, to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds in the neighbourhood of Noapara in Chittagong. His father, Syed Muhammad Daulat, had origins in Feni. Muqim later became a disciple of Sufi poet Ali Raza, and he was also inspired by the poetry of Muhammad Danesh.[3] After losing his father at an early age, Muqim started his career at the record office of Ali Akbar Chowdhury, a prominent zamindar of Chittagong.[4] Bichitra Sen of The Azadi asserts that there were two poets of Chittagong with the name Muhammad Muqim.[5]
Works
edit- Faydul Muqtadi (1773)
- Tajul-Bakāwali, his own Bengali rendition of the Persian romance Gul-e-Bakāwali (which also has references to colonial rule in Chittagong)
- Kalakam
- Mrigābôti, his own Bengali rendition of a romance about fairies
- Aiyub Nôbir Kôtha (About the prophet Job)
References
edit- ^ Sharif, Ahmed. "বাঙলা প্রণয়োপাখ্যানের উৎস". সাহিত্য ও সংস্কৃতি চিন্তা [Literature and culture thoughts] (in Bengali).
- ^ মধ্যযুগের পুঁথি সাহিত্যে ব্যবহৃত সনসমূহের আলোকে বঙ্গাব্দের অবস্থান [The position of the Bengali calendar in the light of the calendars used in medieval Puthi literature]. Daily Purbodesh (in Bengali). 4 October 2019.
- ^ Abdul Karim, Munshi; Sharif, Ahmed (1960). Hussain, Syed Sajjad (ed.). A Descriptive Catalogue Of Bengali Manuscripts. Dacca: Asiatic Society of Pakistan. p. 161.
- ^ Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Muhammad Mukim". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Sen, Bichitra (20 November 2020). মধ্যযুগের কবিতা ও চট্টগ্রামের কবি [Poems of the Middle Ages and Poets of Chittagong]. The Azadi (in Bengali).
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