Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859 – 14 July 1931) was a Bengali writer and journalist.

Early life

Sheikh Abdur Rahim was born into a Bengali Muslim family of

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in 1859 in Muhammadpur,

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, 24-Parganas, in the then

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. His father was Munshi Sheikh Golam Yahia. His mother died at a young age, and he was subsequently raised by Radhamadhav Basu. Basu was the zamindar of Taki and a deputy magistrate. Rahim studied at a school in Taki and went to high school in Kolkata. He could not complete his education as a result of contracting smallpox.

Career

Rahim was very aware of the

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Muslim community's wealth and history. He edited Sudhakar in 1889 and Islam Pracharak in 1891. He would also go on to work for Mihir, Mihir O Sudhakar, Moslem Bharat, Moslem Hitaisi Hafez, and Islam-Darshan. He was a member of the Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti, Calcutta Central Textbook Committee, Calcutta Mohammedan Union, and

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. He was an entrance examiner of Bengali language at the

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Bibliography

* ''Hazrat

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er Jibon Chorito O Dharmaniti'' (1887) * ''

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Etibritto'' (1910) * ''Islam Neeti-1'' (1925) * ''Islam Neeti-2'' (1927) * ''

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Hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

er Upodeshaboli'' (1926) * ''Namajtotto Ba Namaj Bishoyok Juktimala'' (1898) * ''

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bidhi'' (1903) * ''Rojatotto'' (1928) * ''Khotba'' (1932) * ''Islamer Totto''

Death

Rahim died on 14 July 1931 in his own village.

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* 1859 births 1931 deaths People from North 24 Parganas district Bengali writers Indian male writers Bengali-language writers Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam 20th-century Bengalis 19th-century Bengalis Writers from West Bengal Bengali Muslims {{India-writer-stub