Syed Rayhan ad-Din explained

Honorific Prefix:Bulbul-e-Bangla
Syed Rayhan ad-Din
Religion:Islam
Denomination:Sunni
School:Hanafi
Lineage:Syed Nasiruddin
Birth Place:Pail, Taraf, Greater Sylhet

Syed Rayhān ad-Dīn (Bengali: সৈয়দ রায়হান উদ্দিন, Persian: {{Nastaliq|سید ریحان الدین) was a medieval Sufi author of Bengal.[1] His work gained recognition at the imperial court of Delhi, where he gained the nickname Bulbul-e-Bangālah (Persian: بلبل بنگاله; Nightingale of Bengal).[2]

Biography

Syed Rayhan ad-Din was born in the village of Poil of Taraf. Taraf was a renowned centre of Islamic education in the subcontinent during the medieval period.[3]

Rayhan wrote in the Persian language,[4] and among his prominent works is Khawābnāma (خوابنامه).[5] He also wrote his own version of the Masnavī-e-Gul-e-Bakāwalī (مثنوى گل بکاولی).[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: ঐতিহ্য-উত্তরাধিকার : তরপ বিজয় ও অন্যান্য প্রসঙ্গ. Choudhury. Aftab. Daily Jalalabad. bn. 19 Dec 2019.
  2. Book: bn. হবিগঞ্জের মুসলিম মানস. Syed Mostafa Kamal. Muhammad Afzal. 1991. 71.
  3. Book: Syed Hasan Imam Hussainy Chisti. Sharif Uddin Ahmed. Arabic and Persian in Sylhet. Sylhet: History and Heritage. 1999. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. 984-31-0478-1. 608.
  4. News: bn. বাংলা সাহিত্যে সিলেট. Thikana. Husam, Shamshad.
  5. Book: East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. 325. East Pakistan Government Press. 1970.
  6. Persian. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah.