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Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Role
  
Novelist

Name
  
Mir Hossain


Religion
  
Islam

Occupation
  
Writer

Books
  
Bishad Shindhu

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Full Name
  
Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Born
  
1847

Notable work
  
Bishadsindhu_The story is based on Islamic History Line

Spouse(s)
  
Aziz-un-Nesa, Bibi Kulsum

Died
  
December 19, 1912, Baliakandi, Bangladesh

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Mir Mosharraf Hossain (Bengali: মীর মশাররফ হোসেন; 1847–1911 or 1912) was a Bengali novelist, playwright and essayist in 19th century Bengal. He is principally known for his famous novel Bishad Sindhu. He is considered as the first novelist to emerge from the Muslim society of Bengal.

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Early life

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Mir Mosharraf Hossain was born in the village of Lahinipara in Kumarkhali under Kushtia District. But most of the time of his life spent in Padamdi in Baliakandi PS under district Rajbari. His widely accepted date of birth is 13 November 1847. But some researchers also claim his date of birth is 26 October 1847. He was born to Mir Moazzem Hossain, a Muslim aristocrat, and Daulatunnesa.

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Mosharraf Hossain learned Arabic and Persian with a teacher at home and then Bengali at a pathshala. He began his formal education at Kushtia School and then studied up to Class V at Krishnanagar Collegiate School. He was admitted to Kalighat School in Kolkata but could not complete his studies. Mosharraf Hossain began his career looking after his father’s landed property. Later he served the Faridpur Nawab Estate and, in 1885, the Delduar Estate. He lived in Kolkata from 1903 to 1909.

Career

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While still a student, Mosharraf Hossain worked as a mofussil reporter for the Sangbad Prabhakar (1831) and Gram Barta Prokashika (1863). His literary career started here.

Literary career

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Mir Mosarraf Hossain's magnum opus is Bishad Shindhu, depicting the tale of Martyrdom of Hasan and Husayn in Karbala. He was one of the first Muslim writers to emerge from colonial British India. His other works include Jamidar Darpan (Reflections on Zamindars, a play on the plight of common people under the Zamindars (landlords installed by the British colonial rulers) and their struggle against them.

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His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Novel

  • Ratnawati (1869)
  • Bishad Shindhu (1885–1890)
  • Play

  • Jamidar Darpan (1873)
  • Bosontokumari Natok (1873)
  • Poetry

  • Gorai Bridge or Gouri Setu (1873)
  • Essay

  • Gojibon
  • Autobiographical

  • Amar Jiboni (autobiography)
  • Bibi Kulsum
  • Others

  • Gazi Miar Bostani
  • Bajimat
  • Bibi Khodejar Bibaho
  • Hazrart Umarer Dharmo Jibon Labh
  • Musolmaner Bangla Shikhya-1
  • Musolmaner Bangla Shikhya-2
  • Personal life

    In 1865 he married Aziz-un-Nesa. His second wife was Bibi Kulsum married in 1874. He died in 1911 or perhaps in 1912.

    References

    Mir Mosharraf Hossain Wikipedia