Reazuddin Ahmad Mashadi was a Bengali Muslim writer and philosopher.

Early life

Mashadi was born in 1859 in Charan, Ratanganj,

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. He learned Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Urdu.

Career

Mashadi joined an aliya madrasa in Calcutta as the professor of Bengali and Sanskrit in 1886. He published ''Prabandha Kaumudi'' in 1892. He worked at the aliya madrasa for seven years. He was involved in the literary scene in Calcutta and worked with

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, and

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. Together they created an Islamic literary scene in Bengal. He published ''Theories of Islam: Volume One'' in 1888 and published volume two in 1889. Mashadi published ''Samaj O Samskarak'' in 1889 and ''Agnikukkut'' in 1890 about the cultural heritage of Muslims with the intention to prevent the conversion of Muslims. His book ''Samaj O Samskarak'' was about the life of Pan-Islamist

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was banned by the British Colonial government. He wrote ''Suriya Bijay'' in 1895. He was involved in the publication of '' The Sudhakar'', a weekly. He joined the estate of Abdul Karim Ghaznavi replacing the former manager and writer

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in 1900. He published a journal called ''Siddhanta Panjika''.

Death

Mashadi died on 20 September 1918.

References

{{reflist, 2 1859 births 1918 deaths People from Kalihati Upazila Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam Bengali writers 19th-century Bengalis