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{{short description|Journalist, Islamic scholar and Politician}}
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| name = Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan
| honorific_prefix = [[Mawlana]]
| native_name = মওলানা মুহাম্মদ আকরাম খাঁ
| name = Mohammad Akram Khan
| native_name = মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ
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| birth_date = {{circa|1868}}
| birth_date = {{circa|1868}}
| birth_place = Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| birth_place = Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1969|8|18|1868}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1968|8|18|1868}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (present [[Aliah University]])
| alma_mater = Calcutta Madrasah (now known as [[Aliah University]])
}}
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'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{circa|1868}} – 18 August 1969) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Razzaq |first1=Rana |title=Khan, Mohammad Akram |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram |website=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society |access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1970-01-01|title=এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ|access-date=2021-04-30|website=Daily Nayadiganta|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141|access-date=2021-04-30|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].
'''Mohammad Akram Khan''' ({{lang-bn|মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ}}; 1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, ''[[The Azad]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Razzaq |first1=Rana |title=Khan, Mohammad Akram |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Mohammad_Akram |website=[[Banglapedia]] |publisher=Bangladesh Asiatic Society |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-01-01|script-title=bn:এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/diganta-shahitto/417245/এক-আলোকবর্তিকা-মওলানা-আকরম-খাঁ|access-date=2021-04-30|work=Daily Naya Diganta|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-08-18|script-title=bn:আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-168141|access-date=2021-04-30|work=The Daily Star |language=bn}}</ref> He was among the founders of [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Khan was born in Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[West Bengal]]) in 1868. He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now [[Aliah University]]).<ref name=":0" /> He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.
Khan was born in 1868, to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in Hakimpur, [[24 Parganas]] district of [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[West Bengal]]). His father, Alhaj Mawlana Ghazi Abdul Bari Khan, was a disciple of [[Syed Ahmad Shaheed]] and participated in the [[Battle of Balakot]]. His mother's name was Rabeya Khatun.<ref name=kum>{{cite book|language=ar|title=كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية|author=al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman|publisher=Dar al-Salih|location=[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]|year=2018|chapter=الشيخ الفاضل عبد الباري خان بن تراب خان الغازي البنغالي، رحمه الله تعالى|trans-chapter=The honourable Shaykh Abd al-Bari bin Turab Khan al-Ghazi al-Bangali, may Allah have mercy on him}}</ref> He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now [[Aliah University]]).<ref name=":0" /> He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Journalism ===
=== Journalism ===
Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of [[The Mohammadi|the ''Mohammadi'']] and the ''Al-Islam''. He published the ''Zamana'' and the ''Sebak'' between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the [[Non-cooperation Movement]] and the [[Swadeshi movement]].
Early in his career, he worked at newspapers ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' and ''Mohammadi Akhbar''. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of [[The Mohammadi|the ''Mohammadi'']] and the ''Al-Islam''. He published the ''Zamana'' and the ''Sebak'' between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the [[Non-cooperation Movement]] and the [[Swadeshi movement]].


From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper ''[[The Azad]]'', which generated support for the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] in [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yusuf |first1=Ananta |title=Story of the Bangla press |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=20 February 2015 |access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper ''[[The Azad]]'', which generated support for the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] in [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yusuf |first1=Ananta |title=Story of the Bangla press |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=20 February 2015 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>


=== Political career ===
=== Political career ===
Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wasif Dehlavi |first1=Hafizur Rahman |author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi |title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah |pages=45, 118|language=ur|oclc=16907808}}</ref>
Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]], he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the [[All India Khilafat Committee]] at the conference held at [[Ahsan Manzil]] in [[Dhaka]] in 1920, which was attended by other eminent [[Khilafat Movement]] leaders like [[Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and Mujibur Rahman.<ref name=":0" /> Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the [[Ottoman Caliphate|Ottoman caliphate]]. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported [[Chitta Ranjan Das]]'s Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the [[Swaraj Party]] and Congress.<ref name=":0" /> He co-founded the [[Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]], and became a member of its first executive council.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wasif Dehlavi |first1=Hafizur Rahman |author1-link=Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi |title=Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah |pages=45, 118|language=ur|oclc=16907808}}</ref>


From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />
From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the [[Krishak Praja Party]]. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he opted for [[East Bengal]] and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.<ref name=":0" />


Akram Khan was also involved in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/105189/maulana-akram-khan-pioneer-of-bengali-muslim-journalism.html |newspaper=The New Nation |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref> He was also a founding member of Pakistan's [[Council of Islamic Ideology]], a constitutional body formed in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |title=Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738493/advisory-body-of-islamic-ideology-set-up |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=31 July 2012 |orig-year=Originally published 1962 |access-date=7 February 2017}}</ref>
Akram Khan was also involved in the [[Bengali Language Movement]] of 1952.<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/105189/maulana-akram-khan-pioneer-of-bengali-muslim-journalism.html |newspaper=The New Nation |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> He was also a founding member of Pakistan's [[Council of Islamic Ideology]], a constitutional body formed in 1962.<ref>{{cite news |title=Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738493/advisory-body-of-islamic-ideology-set-up |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=31 July 2012 |orig-year=Originally published 1962 |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>


== Death ==
== Death ==
Khan died on 18 August 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death anniversary of Maulana Akram Khan Friday |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/08/16/death-anniversary-of-maulana-akram-khan-friday |date=16 August 2008 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref> He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at Lalbagh PS in Dhaka.
Khan died on 18 August 1968.<ref name=:0/> He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at [[Old Dhaka]].


== Literary works ==
== Literary works ==
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Not to be confused with Muhammad Akram Khan.
Mawlana

Mohammad Akram Khan
মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ
Khan (before 1947)
Bornc. 1868
Hakimpur, 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died18 August 1968(1968-08-18) (aged 99–100)
Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Alma materCalcutta Madrasah (now known as Aliah University)

Mohammad Akram Khan (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আকরম খাঁ; 1868 – 18 August 1968) was a Bengali journalist, politician and Islamic scholar. He was the founder of Dhaka's first Bengali newspaper, The Azad.[1][2][3] He was among the founders of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Khan was born in 1868, to a Bengali Muslim family in Hakimpur, 24 Parganas district of Bengal Presidency, British India (in present-day West Bengal). His father, Alhaj Mawlana Ghazi Abdul Bari Khan, was a disciple of Syed Ahmad Shaheed and participated in the Battle of Balakot. His mother's name was Rabeya Khatun.[4] He did not have a British education but studied at Calcutta Madrasah (now Aliah University).[1] He entered the journalism profession at a very young age before becoming involved in politics.

Career[edit | edit source]

Journalism[edit | edit source]

Early in his career, he worked at newspapers Ahl-i-Hadith and Mohammadi Akhbar. Between 1908 and 1921, he worked as the editor of the Mohammadi and the Al-Islam. He published the Zamana and the Sebak between 1920 and 1922. Sebak was banned and Akram Khan was arrested on the basis that his anti-government editorials supported the Non-cooperation Movement and the Swadeshi movement.

From October 1936, Akram Khan began publishing the newspaper The Azad, which generated support for the Muslim League in Bengal.[5]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Akram Khan was one of the founding members of the Muslim League in 1906. As a member of the Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala, he was involved in the Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement from 1918 to 1924. He was elected secretary of the All India Khilafat Committee at the conference held at Ahsan Manzil in Dhaka in 1920, which was attended by other eminent Khilafat Movement leaders like Abul Kalam Azad, Maniruzzaman Islamabadi and Mujibur Rahman.[1] Akram was responsible for collecting funds for the Ottoman caliphate. During 1920–1923, he organised public meetings in different parts of Bengal to propagate the cause of the Khilafat and the Non-cooperation Movement. As a believer in Hindu-Muslim amity, Akram Khan supported Chitta Ranjan Das's Swaraj Party in Kolkata in 1922, and also the Bengal pact in 1923.[1] But due to the communal riots of 1926–1927 and other contemporary political developments, Akram Khan lost his faith in Indian nationalist politics and left both the Swaraj Party and Congress.[1] He co-founded the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, and became a member of its first executive council.[6]

From 1929 to 1935, Khan was deeply involved in the Krishak Praja Party. However, he left peasant politics in 1936 and became an activist for the Muslim League. He was a member of the central working committee of the League until 1947. After the partition of India in 1947, he opted for East Bengal and settled in Dhaka. He was the President of Muslim League (East Pakistan) until he retired from politics in 1960.[1]

Akram Khan was also involved in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952.[7] He was also a founding member of Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology, a constitutional body formed in 1962.[8]

Death[edit | edit source]

Khan died on 18 August 1968.[1] He was buried at the Ahl-i-Hadith Bangshal mosque at Old Dhaka.

Literary works[edit | edit source]

  • Samasya O Samadhan
  • Mostafa Charit
  • Amparar Tafseer
  • Tafser-a-Quran
  • Muslim Banglar Samajik Itihas

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Razzaq, Rana. "Khan, Mohammad Akram". Banglapedia. Bangladesh Asiatic Society. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ↑ এক আলোকবর্তিকা মওলানা আকরম খাঁ. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ↑ আড়ালের সূর্য মওলানা আকরম খাঁ. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ↑ al-Kumillai, Muhammad Hifzur Rahman (2018). "الشيخ الفاضل عبد الباري خان بن تراب خان الغازي البنغالي، رحمه الله تعالى" [The honourable Shaykh Abd al-Bari bin Turab Khan al-Ghazi al-Bangali, may Allah have mercy on him]. كتاب البدور المضية في تراجم الحنفية (in العربية). Cairo, Egypt: Dar al-Salih.
  5. ↑ Yusuf, Ananta (20 February 2015). "Story of the Bangla press". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Wasif Dehlavi, Hafizur Rahman. Jamī'at-i Ulamā par ek tārīk̲h̲ī tabṣirah (in اردو). pp. 45, 118. OCLC 16907808.
  7. ↑ "Maulana Akram Khan: Pioneer of Bengali Muslim journalism". The New Nation. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Advisory body of Islamic ideology set up". Dawn. 31 July 2012 [Originally published 1962]. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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