Syed Rayhan ad-Din

Bulbul-e-Bangla Syed Rayhan ad-Din
Personal life
Born	Pail, Taraf, Greater Sylhet
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
School	Hanafi
Lineage	Syed Nasiruddin

Syed Rayhān ad-Dīn (Bengali: সৈয়দ রায়হান উদ্দিন, Persian: سید ریحان الدین) was a medieval Sufi author of Bengal.[1] His work gained recognition at the imperial court of Delhi, where he gained the nickname Bulbul-e-Bangālah (Persian: بلبل بنگاله; Nightingale of Bengal).[2]

Biography

Syed Rayhan ad-Din was born in the village of Poil of Taraf. Taraf was a renowned centre of Islamic education in the subcontinent during the medieval period.[3]

Rayhan wrote in the Persian language,[4] and among his prominent works is Khawābnāma (خوابنامه).[5] He also wrote his own version of the Masnavī-e-Gul-e-Bakāwalī (مثنوى گل بکاولی).[6]

See also

• Syed Shah Israil, another Persian-language writer

References

1. Choudhury, Aftab (19 Dec 2019). "ঐতিহ্য-উত্তরাধিকার : তরপ বিজয় ও অন্যান্য প্রসঙ্গ". Daily Jalalabad (in Bengali).
2. Syed Mostafa Kamal (1991). হবিগঞ্জের মুসলিম মানস (in Bengali). Muhammad Afzal. p. 71.
3. Syed Hasan Imam Hussainy Chisti (1999). "Arabic and Persian in Sylhet". In Sharif Uddin Ahmed (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 608. ISBN 984-31-0478-1.
4. Husam, Shamshad. "বাংলা সাহিত্যে সিলেট". Thikana (in Bengali).
5. East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. East Pakistan Government Press. 1970. p. 325.
6. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah (2012). "Persian". 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 26 December 2024.