Izzatullah Bengali

Shaykh[1] Izzatullah Bengali
Native name	ইজ্জতুল্লাহ বাঙ্গালী عزّت‌الله بنگالی
Born	17th century Bengal Subah
Died	18th century
Language	Persian
Period	Company Raj
Notable works	Taj al-Mulk Gul-e-Bakawali

Izzatullah Bengali (Bengali: ইজ্জতুল্লাহ বাঙ্গালী, Persian: عزّت‌الله بنگالی) was an 18th-century Bengali author who wrote in the Persian language.[2]

Biography

Izzatullah Bengali was from Murshidabad, the erstwhile capital of the Bengal Subah.[3] At the time, the Persian language was the official language in Bengal and other parts of South Asia. After coming across Taj al-Mulk Gul-e-Bakawali, a popular Hindustani story, and narrating it to his friend Nazar Muhammad, Izzatullah wrote the story in Persian for his friend in 1722.[2][4]

A manuscript of his work is located at the University of Dhaka library. In 1803, his work was translated into Urdu by Munshi Nihal Chand Lahori of Fort William College with the title Mazhab-e-Ishq (Religion of Love).[2]

References

1. Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Gule Bakawali". In Sirajul Islam; 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. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
2. Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Izzatullah Bangali". In Sirajul Islam; 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. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
3. Abdul Karim (1994). বাংলা সাহিত্যের কালক্রম: মধ্যযুগ (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. p. 138. ISBN 9789840730230.
4. Morgenroth, Wolfgang, ed. (18 May 2020) [May 23–30, 1979]. "Sanskrit and World Culture". Proceedings of the Fourth World Sanskrit Conference of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies. Weimar, Germany: De Gruyter. ISBN 9783112320945.