Mir Mosharraf Hossain
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novelist, playwright and essayist in 19th century Bengal
Bengal
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. 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
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
.
Life
Mir Mosharraf Hossain was born in the village of Lahinipara in Kumarkhali PS of KushtiaKushtia District
Kushtia, Kushtia district or Kushtia Zila is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia has existed as a separate district since the partition of India. Prior to that, Kushtia was a part of Nadia District under Bengal Province of British India. Kushtia was home...
(former Nadia District
Nadia District
Nadia district is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of India. It borders with Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Bardhaman district to the west, and Murshidabad district to the north....
) now in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
.His widely accepted date of birth is 13 November 1847.But some researchers also claim his date of birth is 26 October 1847.His father Mir Moazzem Hossain was one of the few Muslim zamindars (landlord) of nineteenth century Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
.His mother's name is Daulatunnesa.
In 1865 he married Aziz-un-Nesa. But he was very unhappy with her. As a result he married again in 1874. His second wife was Bibi Kulsum then only twelve years old.
He is perhaps most famous for his novel Bishad Shindhu
Bishad Shindhu
Bishad Shindhu is a poetic novel about the history of prophet Muhammad's grand son Hasan, especially Husayn's assassination, and the war for the throne of Khalifa . It was written by Mir Mosarraf Hussain, one of the first modern Muslim Bengali writers.Bishad Shindhu was written within 1888 to 1890...
(Ocean of Sorrow), depicting the tale of Martyrdom of Hossain or Husayn bin Ali in Karbala
Karbala
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. He was one of the first Muslim writers to emerge from colonial British India. Mir Mosharraf Hossain was secular and promoted peace between Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s and Muslims. His other works include Jamindar Darpan (Reflections on Zamindar
Zamindar
A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...
s), a play on the plight of common people under the zamindars (landlords installed by the British colonial rulers) and their struggle against them.
Works
Mir Mosarraf Hossain is the first modern Muslim BengaliBengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
writer. He wrote more than 35 books.
His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature
Bengali literature
Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...
in Bangladesh.
Novel
- Ratnawati (1869)
- Bishad ShindhuBishad ShindhuBishad Shindhu is a poetic novel about the history of prophet Muhammad's grand son Hasan, especially Husayn's assassination, and the war for the throne of Khalifa . It was written by Mir Mosarraf Hussain, one of the first modern Muslim Bengali writers.Bishad Shindhu was written within 1888 to 1890...
(1885–1890) download here http://www.rashal.com/Mir-Mosharraf-Hossain.htm
Autobiographical
- Amar Jiboni (autobiography)
- Bibi Kulsum
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- Gazi Miar Bostani
- Bajimat
- Bibi Khodejar Bibaho
- Hazrart Umarer Dharmo Jibon Labh
- Musolmaner Bangla Shikhya-1
- Musolmaner Bangla Shikhya-2