Syed Rayhan ad-Din

Syed Rayhān ad-Dīn (Bengali: সৈয়দ রায়হান উদ্দিন, Persian: سید ریحان الدین‎) was a Persian language writer and Sufi of medieval Taraf in Greater Sylhet.[1] He was a prominent member of the Bengali Muslim Syed family of Taraf, in particular the village of Poil.[2] Some of his prominent works include Khvābnāmeh (خوابنامه).[3] He also wrote his own version of the Masnavi-e-Gul-e-Bakāwalī (مثنوى گل بکاولی).[4] His work gained the recognition at the imperial court of Delhi from whom he gained the sobriquet Bulbul-e-Bangālah (Persian: بلبل بنگاله‎; Nightingale of Bengal).[5]

Bulbul-e-Bangla

Syed Rayhan ad-Din
Personal
Born
Pail, Taraf, Greater Sylhet
ReligionIslam

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References
  1. Choudhury, Aftab (19 Dec 2019). "ঐতিহ্য-উত্তরাধিকার : তরপ বিজয় ও অন্যান্য প্রসঙ্গ". Daily Jalalabad (in Bengali).
  2. Sharif Uddin Ahmed, ed. (Jan 1999). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 608.
  3. East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. East Pakistan Government Press. 1970. p. 325.
  4. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah (2012). "Persian". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. Syed Mostafa Kamal (1991). হবিগঞ্জের মুসলিম মানস (in Bengali). Muhammad Afzal. p. 71.
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