Nur Qutb Alam

Nūr Qut̤b ʿĀlam (Arabic: نور قطب عالم, Bengali: নূর কুতুব আলম) was a 14th-century Bengali Islamic scholar, author and poet. Based in the erstwhile Bengali capital Hazrat Pandua, he was the son and successor of Alaul Haq, a senior scholar of the Bengal Sultanate. He is noted for his efforts in preserving the Muslim rule of Bengal against Raja Ganesha and pioneering the Dobhashi tradition of Bengali literature.

Shaykh
Nūr Qut̤b ʿĀlam Pāndavī
Personal
Born
Died1415-1416 AD
Resting placeShash Hazari Dargah, Malda district
ReligionIslam
FlourishedLate 14th to early 15th century
ChildrenRafaq ad-Din
Shaykh Anwar
Parent
DenominationSunni
LineageKhalid ibn al-Walid
JurisprudenceHanafi
RelativesAkhi Siraj (grandfather)
Azam Khan Khalidi (brother)
OrderChishti Order
Muslim leader
TeacherAlaul Haq
Hamiduddin Nagauri
Students
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