Muhammad Muqim Explained
| Honorific Prefix: | Syed |
| Muhammad Muqim |
| Native Name: | ছৈদ মোহাম্মদ মুকিম |
| Birth Date: | 18th-century |
| Birth Place: | Noapara, Chittagong, Bengal Subah |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Notable Works: | Faydul Muqtadi, Gul-e-Bakawali and more |
Syed Muhammad Muqim (Bengali: ছৈদ 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]
Background
Muqim 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
- 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)
Notes and References
- Book: https://www.ebanglalibrary.com/99555/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%89/. bn. বাঙলা প্রণয়োপাখ্যানের উৎস. Literature and culture thoughts. bn:সাহিত্য ও সংস্কৃতি চিন্তা. https://www.ebanglalibrary.com/category/%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%a6-%e0%a6%b6%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%ab/%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%af-%e0%a6%93-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%82%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%83%e0%a6%a4%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%9a%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a4/. Sharif, Ahmed.
- News: https://dailypurbodesh.com/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87/. bn:মধ্যযুগের পুঁথি সাহিত্যে ব্যবহৃত সনসমূহের আলোকে বঙ্গাব্দের অবস্থান. bn. The position of the Bengali calendar in the light of the calendars used in medieval Puthi literature. 4 October 2019. Daily Purbodesh.
- Book: Abdul Karim . Munshi . Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad . Sharif . Ahmed . Ahmed Sharif . 1960 . Hussain . Syed Sajjad . Syed Sajjad Hussain . A Descriptive Catalogue Of Bengali Manuscripts . . . 161.
- Ahmed, Wakil. Muhammad Mukim.
- Web site: https://dainikazadi.net/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D/. bn:মধ্যযুগের কবিতা ও চট্টগ্রামের কবি. Poems of the Middle Ages and Poets of Chittagong. bn. Sen, Bichitra. 20 November 2020. The Azadi.
