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	Born in the village Bagbari, near the city of [[Karimganj]] in what is present-day [[Assam]], [[India]], accounts are contradictory regarding Choudhury's ancestral origins. His family had either migrated from [[Ghor Province]] in [[Afghanistan]] during the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal period]], or were descended from Shah Umar Yemeni, one of the 360 companions of the [[Sufi]] saint [[Shah Jalal]].<ref name="LaskarBarbhuiya2019">{{cite book\|last1=Laskar\|first1=Ali Haidar\|last2=Barbhuiya\|first2=Atiqur Rahman\|title=Indigenous People of Barak Valley\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SLMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT86\|year=2019\|publisher=Notion Press\|isbn=978-1-64678-800-2\|page=86}}</ref><ref name="Rahman2009">{{cite book\|last1=Rahman\|first1=Md. Matiur\|last2=Bhuiya\|first2=Abdul Musabbir\|title=Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century)\|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92871/7/07_chapter%203.pdf \|year=2009\|publisher=Assam University\|location=Silchar\|pages=59–60}}</ref>		Born in the village Bagbari, near the city of [[Karimganj]] in what is present-day [[Assam]], [[India]], accounts are contradictory regarding Choudhury's ancestral origins. His family had either migrated from [[Ghor Province]] in [[Afghanistan]] during the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal period]], or were descended from Shah Umar Yemeni, one of the 360 companions of the [[Sufi]] saint [[Shah Jalal]].<ref name="LaskarBarbhuiya2019">{{cite book\|last1=Laskar\|first1=Ali Haidar\|last2=Barbhuiya\|first2=Atiqur Rahman\|title=Indigenous People of Barak Valley\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SLMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT86\|year=2019\|publisher=Notion Press\|isbn=978-1-64678-800-2\|page=86}}</ref><ref name="Rahman2009">{{cite book\|last1=Rahman\|first1=Md. Matiur\|last2=Bhuiya\|first2=Abdul Musabbir\|title=Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century)\|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92871/7/07_chapter%203.pdf \|year=2009\|publisher=Assam University\|location=Silchar\|pages=59–60}}</ref>

	At some point, Choudhury became a disciple of [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]], a [[Sufi]] scholar of the [[Chishti Order]]. He is said to have fought alongside Makki in an uprising against the [[East India Company\|British]] in [[Shamli]], a part of the greater [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. Upon the failure of the revolt however, both men left the Indian subcontinent and migrated to [[Mecca]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Thanwi\|first=Ashraf Ali\|authorlink=Ashraf Ali Thanwi\|title=Imdad al-Mushtaq ila Ashraf al-Akhlaq\|url=https://books.google.com/?id=QYFCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamlis+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca.&q=%22Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamli%27s+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca%22\|journal=Islamic Culture\|volume=LVI\|issue=I\|year=1982\|publisher=Islamic Culture Board\|page=321}}</ref>		At some point, Choudhury became a disciple of [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]], a [[Sufi]] scholar of the [[Chishti Order]]. He is said to have fought alongside Makki in an uprising against the [[East India Company\|British]] in [[Shamli]], a part of the greater [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. Upon the failure of the revolt however, both men left the Indian subcontinent and migrated to [[Mecca]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/><ref>{{cite journal\|last=Thanwi\|first=Ashraf Ali\|authorlink=Ashraf Ali Thanwi\|title=Imdad al-Mushtaq ila Ashraf al-Akhlaq\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYFCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamli%27s+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca%22\|journal=Islamic Culture\|volume=LVI\|issue=I\|year=1982\|publisher=Islamic Culture Board\|page=321}}</ref>

	Tradition states that while in Mecca, Choudhury dreamt he was visited by the [[Islam]]ic prophet [[Muhammad]], who instructed him to go back to India and preach Islam and provide Islamic education. Returning to his native village, in 1873, Choudhury established a [[madrasa]] in his own home, which received the name "Madinatul Uloom Bagbari Najibia Alia Madrasa" after its founder, shortened to [[Madinatul Uloom Bagbari]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/>{{NoteTag\|It is also known as the Darul Uloom Bagbari.<ref name=Khan2012>{{cite news\|last=Khan\|first=Bazlur Rahman\|date=2012-05-25 \|title=Madrasa Education System in South Assam\|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/3700-madrasa-education-system-in-south-assam-india\|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]\|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>}} Modelled after the recently established [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], it is considered to be the first true madrasa in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, offering a standardised religious education in contrast to the informal institutions which had existed there previously.<ref name=Khan2012/> It came to play a very prominent role in producing [[Arabic language]] scholars in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, a reputation it maintains to the present-day.<ref name="Rahman2009"/>		Tradition states that while in Mecca, Choudhury dreamt he was visited by the [[Islam]]ic prophet [[Muhammad]], who instructed him to go back to India and preach Islam and provide Islamic education. Returning to his native village, in 1873, Choudhury established a [[madrasa]] in his own home, which received the name "Madinatul Uloom Bagbari Najibia Alia Madrasa" after its founder, shortened to [[Madinatul Uloom Bagbari]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/>{{NoteTag\|It is also known as the Darul Uloom Bagbari.<ref name=Khan2012>{{cite news\|last=Khan\|first=Bazlur Rahman\|date=2012-05-25 \|title=Madrasa Education System in South Assam\|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/3700-madrasa-education-system-in-south-assam-india\|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]\|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>}} Modelled after the recently established [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], it is considered to be the first true madrasa in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, offering a standardised religious education in contrast to the informal institutions which had existed there previously.<ref name=Khan2012/> It came to play a very prominent role in producing [[Arabic language]] scholars in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, a reputation it maintains to the present-day.<ref name="Rahman2009"/>
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{{Infobox religious biography
| profession = [[Islamic scholar]] and teacher
| era = Modern
| name = Najib Ali Choudhury
| title = [[Maulana]]
| birth_place = Bagbari, Karimganj thana, [[Sylhet region|Sylhet District]]
| resting_place = Rauthgram, [[Karimganj district]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
| teacher = [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]]
| religion = [[Islam]]
| movement = [[Deobandi]]
| denomination = [[Chisti]]
| children = Gulam Rob Choudhury
| relatives = Abdul Munim Choudhury (great-grandson)
}}

'''Najib Ali Choudhury''' was a 19th-century Indian [[Islam]]ic scholar and teacher. He was notable for his founding of the [[Madinatul Uloom Bagbari]], the first [[madrasa]] in the [[South Assam]]-[[Greater Sylhet]] region.

==Life==
Born in the village Bagbari, near the city of [[Karimganj]] in what is present-day [[Assam]], [[India]], accounts are contradictory regarding Choudhury's ancestral origins. His family had either migrated from [[Ghor Province]] in [[Afghanistan]] during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal period]], or were descended from Shah Umar Yemeni, one of the 360 companions of the [[Sufi]] saint [[Shah Jalal]].<ref name="LaskarBarbhuiya2019">{{cite book|last1=Laskar|first1=Ali Haidar|last2=Barbhuiya|first2=Atiqur Rahman|title=Indigenous People of Barak Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SLMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT86|year=2019|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64678-800-2|page=86}}</ref><ref name="Rahman2009">{{cite book|last1=Rahman|first1=Md. Matiur|last2=Bhuiya|first2=Abdul Musabbir|title=Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century)|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92871/7/07_chapter%203.pdf |year=2009|publisher=Assam University|location=Silchar|pages=59–60}}</ref>

At some point, Choudhury became a disciple of [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]], a [[Sufi]] scholar of the [[Chishti Order]]. He is said to have fought alongside Makki in an uprising against the [[East India Company|British]] in [[Shamli]], a part of the greater [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. Upon the failure of the revolt however, both men left the Indian subcontinent and migrated to [[Mecca]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Thanwi|first=Ashraf Ali|authorlink=Ashraf Ali Thanwi|title=Imdad al-Mushtaq ila Ashraf al-Akhlaq|url=https://books.google.com/?id=QYFCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamlis+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca.&q=%22Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamli%27s+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca%22|journal=Islamic Culture|volume=LVI|issue=I|year=1982|publisher=Islamic Culture Board|page=321}}</ref>

Tradition states that while in Mecca, Choudhury dreamt he was visited by the [[Islam]]ic prophet [[Muhammad]], who instructed him to go back to India and preach Islam and provide Islamic education. Returning to his native village, in 1873, Choudhury established a [[madrasa]] in his own home, which received the name "Madinatul Uloom Bagbari Najibia Alia Madrasa" after its founder, shortened to [[Madinatul Uloom Bagbari]].<ref name="Rahman2009"/>{{NoteTag|It is also known as the Darul Uloom Bagbari.<ref name=Khan2012>{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Bazlur Rahman|date=2012-05-25 |title=Madrasa Education System in South Assam|url=http://www.milligazette.com/news/3700-madrasa-education-system-in-south-assam-india|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>}} Modelled after the recently established [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], it is considered to be the first true madrasa in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, offering a standardised religious education in contrast to the informal institutions which had existed there previously.<ref name=Khan2012/> It came to play a very prominent role in producing [[Arabic language]] scholars in the [[Greater Sylhet]] region, a reputation it maintains to the present-day.<ref name="Rahman2009"/>

Choudhury himself acquired considerable renown, with tales arising of him having possessed spiritual powers.{{NoteTag|One such legend states that several decades after his death, Choudhury had materialised in person to save one of his sons from danger.<ref name=Talukdar2015>{{cite journal|last=Talukdar|first=Dilwar Hussain|title=A study on Sufi Saints in Karimganj District of Assam (1346-1947)|url=https://www.thecho.in/files/Dilwar-Hussain_51c0843n.pdf|journal=Pratidhwani the Echo |volume=III|issue=IV|year=2015|publisher=Dept. of Bengali, Karimganj College|page=76}}</ref>}} After his death, his grave became a shrine or ''[[Mazar (mausoleum)|Mazar]]'', which is located in what is now Rauthgram, [[Karimganj district]].<ref name="LaskarBarbhuiya2019"/><ref name=Talukdar2015/>

He was the father of Maulana Gulam Rob Choudhury, a distinguished Islamic scholar in his own right, and the great-grandfather of [[Abdul Munim Choudhury]], a former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for [[Karimganj South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimganj South]].<ref name="LaskarBarbhuiya2019"/>

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[[Category:People from Karimganj district]]
[[Category:Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Assam]]
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]]
[[Category:Chishti Order]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:19th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:People of British India]]
[[Category:Deobandis]]