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{{Short description|Bangladeshi religious leader}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Pir
| name = Dudu Miyan II
| native_name = দ্বিতীয় দুদু মিয়া
| native_name_lang = bn
| image =
| image_size =
| office = Leader of the [[Faraizi Movement]]
| term_start = 14 December 1959
| term_end = 6 August 1997
| predecessor = [[Awa Khaled Rashid Uddin Ahmad|Badshah Miyan]]
| succeeded = [[Mohiuddin Ahmad Dadan Mia|Dadan Miyan]]
| office1 = President of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh|East Pakistan Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]
| term_start1 = 4 January 1969
| term_end1 = 10 October 1971
| predecessor1 = [[Abdul Karim Kauria]]
| succeeded1 = Abdul Karim Kauria
| office2 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| constituency2 = NE-35 Faridpur-2
| leader2 = [[Nurul Amin]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| term_start2 = 1965
| term_end2 = 1969
| office3 = Member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency3 = Madaripur North-West
| leader3 = {{ubl|[[A. K. Fazlul Huq]]|[[Abu Hussain Sarkar]]}}
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| term_start3 = 1954
| term_end3 = 1958
| birth_name = Abul Hafez Mohsen Uddin Ahmad
| birth_date = 1913
| birth_place = [[Ahsan Manzil]], Dacca, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1997|08|06|1913}}
| death_place = [[Shibpur Upazila|Bahadurpur]], [[Madaripur District]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Democratic League|BDL]] (1976–1977)
| other_party = [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam|JUI]] (1969–1971)<br>[[National Democratic Front (Pakistan)|NDF]] (1962–1969)<br>[[Nizam-e-Islam Party|NIP]] (1952–1958)
| alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| relations = {{ubl|[[Yusuf Ali Chowdhury]] (brother-in-law)|[[Pirzada Hanzala]] (grandson)}}
| parents = [[Awa Khaled Rashid Uddin Ahmad]] (father)
}}
'''Abul Hafez Mohsen Uddin Ahmad''', commonly known as '''Dudu Miyan''', was a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] religious leader and politician. He was member of the [[List of members of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan|4th National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a representative from the former Pakistani province of [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 4TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1965-1969|url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/4th%20National%20Assembly.pdf|website=|access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Miyan was born in 1913.<ref name="ম">{{cite news |date=7 August 1997 |title=দুদু মিয়ার ইন্তেকাল |newspaper=[[The Sangbad]] |page=8 |language=bn}}</ref> He was descendant of [[Haji Shariatullah]], the founder of [[Faraizi movement]] in [[British Bengal]]. He was one of two sons of [[Nizam-e-Islam Party]] politician, [[Awa Khaled Rashid Uddin Ahmad]] and Mst. Saleha Begum, a member of the [[Dhaka Nawab family]].<ref name=book/> He was a relative of the politician [[Yusuf Ali Chowdhury]].<ref name="ম" />

Miyan died on 6 August 1997 at his residence in Bahadurpur village of [[Shibpur Upazila]], [[Madaripur District]], Bangladesh.<ref name="ম" /> Two days later, he was buried at his family graveyard located in his village.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 August 1997 |title=Pir Dudu Miah laid to rest |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |page=12}}</ref>

== Career ==
Miyan became the leader of Farazi movement after his father.<ref name=book>{{cite book|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশের সংগ্রামী ওলামা পীর-মাশায়েখ|language=bn|first=Zulfiqar Ahmad|last=Qismati|pages=1, 20|publisher=Pragati Prakashani|year=1987}}</ref>

In [[1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Miyan was elected as a member of the [[East Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in ''Madaripur North-West Muslim'' from [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]].<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:নির্ব্বাচনী ফলাফল|language=bn|page=5|date=20 March 1954|newspaper=[[Daily Azad]]}}</ref>

In [[1965 Pakistani general election]], he was elected as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in ''NE-35 Faridpur-II'' as a member of the [[National Democratic Front (Pakistan)|National Democratic Front]].<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:যথানিয়মে সরকারী দলের বিপুল সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠতা|language=bn|page=1|date=22 March 1965|newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]}}</ref>

On 4 January 1969, he became the president of the East Pakistan branch of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]].<ref>{{cite book|title=দেওবন্দ আন্দোলন: ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্য অবদান|language=bn|page=245|first=Abul Fatah Muhammad|last=Yahya|author-link=|year=2011|publisher=Al-Amin Research Academy Bangladesh}}</ref>

In 1971, during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], he was a member of [[East Pakistan Central Peace Committee]]<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Peace Committee}}</ref> and opposed the [[independence of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/national/165735/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE|script-title=bn:যেমন আছেন আলেম মুক্তিযোদ্ধারা|language=bn|last=Shakil|first=Salman Tareq|date=15 December 2016|work=[[Bangla Tribune]]|access-date=3 June 2022|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604003833/https://www.banglatribune.com/national/165735/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE|url-status=live}}</ref> In 13 October 1971, he resigned from the position of president of East Pakistan branch of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] for alleged health reasons. However, the real reason was disagreements with other members of the party.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:পীর মোহসেন উদ্দিনের পদত্যাগ|language=bn|page=1|date=13 August 1971|newspaper=[[Dainik Bangla|Daily Pakistan]]}}</ref>

After 1976, Miyan became vice-president of the ''Bangladesh Democratic League''.<ref>{{cite book|title=একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা কে কোথায়|language=bn|page=184|year=1992|orig-year=1987|publisher=Muktijuddho Chetona Bikash Kendro}}</ref> However, he left the party on 3 August 1977.<ref>{{cite book|title=বাংলাদেশের তারিখ|language=bn|volume=1|page=109}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Abul Hafez Mohsen Uddin}}
[[Category:1913 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politicians]]
[[Category:Nizam-e-Islam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969]]
[[Category:East Pakistan MLAs 1954–1958]]
[[Category:Haji Shariatullah family]]
[[Category:People of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Darul Uloom Deoband alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Dhaka]]
[[Category:People from Madaripur District]]

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