Fateh Ghazi

Shah
Fateh Ghazi
ফতেহ গাজী
Personal life
Born
Baghdad
Died14 December [year missing]
Fatehpur, Taraf, Sultanate of Bengal
Resting placeShahjibazar Dargah, Madhabpur, Habiganj, Bangladesh
RelativesAhmed Ghazi, Masud Ghazi
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Muslim leader
Period in officeEarly 14th century

Shāh Sulaymān Fateḥ Ghāzī al-Baghdādī (Bengali: শাহ সোলেমান ফতেহ গাজী বগদাদী, Arabic: شاه سلیمان فتح غازی البغدادی),[1] or simply known as Fateh Ghazi, was a 14th-century Sufi saint and ghazi who took part in Muslim expeditions in northeastern Bengal.[2] His name is associated with the propagation of Islam in Madhabpur.[3][4]

Biography

His original name was Sulaiman, and he hailed from Baghdad. Shah Jalal was known to have passed through the city of Baghdad, which was under occupation by the Ilkhanate, the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire ruled by Hulagu Khan.[5][6]

In 1303, Fateh Ghazi participated in the Conquest of Sylhet under Shah Jalal.[7][8] Soon after the victory, he was among the 12 disciples who were sent to capture Tungachal under the leadership of Syed Nasiruddin, a sipahsalar (military commander) of Sultan Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. Tungachal was renamed to Taraf and annexed to Muslim Bengal, after the defeat of its Raja Achak Narayn, who fled to Mathura with his family.[9]

Ghazi settled in a nearby village in the Raghunandan Hills,[10] after visiting Bejura,[11] where he founded his own chilla-khana.[12][13] The village was named Fatehpur (now Shahjibazar, Madhabpur) in his honour.[14] He was joined by his two nephews (sister's sons); Ahmad Ghazi and Masud Ghazi.[15] They are all buried next to each other in a dargah, located near the Shahjibazar railway station.[16][17] His urs (death anniversary) continues to be celebrated in December by lakhs of people,[18] to this day,[19] at the Dargah-e-Hazrat Shah Soleman Fateh Gazi Bagdadi.[20]

During his death anniversary in 2015, a controversy arose due to a puppet dance show being hosted next to his dargah.[21]

References

  1. ^ Rahman, Ataur (5 July 2021). "ঐতিহাসিক পীর-সুফী: জানার শেষ নেই". Jalalabad 24 (in Bengali).
  2. ^ Ismail, Muhammad (2010). Hagiology of Sufi Saints and the Spread of Islam in South Asia. Jnanada Prakashan. p. 164. ISBN 9788171393756.
  3. ^ Roy, Asim (1970). Islam in the Environment of Medieval Bengal. Australian National University. p. 340.
  4. ^ al-Qadri, Shaikh M. Abul Hussain (1969). পূর্ব পাকিস্তানের আওলিয়া দরবেশ (in Bengali). Sahitya Kutir. p. 91.
  5. ^ Bangladesh Population Census, 1981: Sylhet. 4 v. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 1985. p. 7.
  6. ^ "শাহজীবাজারে ফতেহ গাজী (রাঃ) মাজারে ৩ দিন ব্যাপী ওরস শুরু". Habiganj Express (in Bengali). 15 December 2018.
  7. ^ জেলা পরিক্রমা (in Bengali). Vol. 62. Directorate of Mass Communication. 1990. p. 8.
  8. ^ Siddiqi, Ashraf, ed. (1987). স্মৃতির আয়নায় (in Bengali). Vol. 3. Ashraf Foundation. p. 13.
  9. ^ "History". Sipahsalar Syed Nasir Uddin Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ Hasan, Sayed Mahmudul (1970). A Guide to Ancient Monuments of East Pakistan. Society for Pakistan Studies. p. 162.
  11. ^ Siddiqi, Azhar Uddin Ahmed (1977). শ্রীহট্টে ইসলাম জ্যোতিঃ (in Bengali). Bahauddin Zakaria. p. 77.
  12. ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1965). হযরত শাহ জালাল ও সিলেটের ইতিহাস (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. p. 32.
  13. ^ Ali, Mohammad (1979). পুথি সাহিত্যা বঙ্গ জয়ের ইতিহাস ও গাজী-কালু-চম্পাবতী: ১২৬৫-১৩৬২ (in Bengali). Bogra District Council. pp. 485–486.
  14. ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (July 1964). "The Origin of Place Names in Bengal". Oriental Geographer. 8 (2): 127. Three hundred and sixty saints are said to have accompanied Shah Jalal when he came to Sylet ... Fatehpur (after Fateh Gazi).
  15. ^ Rizvi, S. N. (1969). East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. Services and General Administration Department. pp. 94, 112, 116.
  16. ^ Misra, Neeru, ed. (2004). Sufis and Sufism: Some Reflections. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 120. ISBN 9788173045646.
  17. ^ Chowdhury, Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain (1987). হযরত শাহজালাল রঃ (in Bengali). Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. pp. 138, 285.
  18. ^ Population Census of Bangladesh, 1974. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 1979. pp. 30–33.
  19. ^ Khan, Shamsuzzaman, ed. (1987). Folklore of Bangladesh. Vol. 2. Bangla Academy. p. 100.
  20. ^ Pir, Sayyid Shahanshah (14 December 2021). "আজ থেকে শাহ্ সোলেমান ফতেহগাজী বোগদাদী রহঃ ওরস মোবারক". Daily Oporad (in Bengali).
  21. ^ Sajib, Muhammad A. I. (15 December 2015). "শাহজীবাজার শাহ সুলেমান ফতেহ গাজীর মেলায় পুতুল নৃত্যের নামে চলছে অশীল নৃত্য". Shaistaganj.com (in Bengali).