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Mir Mosharraf Hossain, endowed with manifold talents, full of human sympathy and devoted to the good of society, was born on 13 November 1848 in the famous Syed family of Lahinipara village near Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district. His father's name was Syed Moazzem Hossain.
Mir Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated the tradition of modern literature in the Muslim society of Bengal. He is regarded as the vanguard of Muslim literary figures in the Bengali literature of the modern age and one of the pioneers of Bengali prose. Through his versatile talent, Mir Mosharraf Hossain composed novels, plays, farces, poetry and essays, inaugurating a rich tradition of Muslim-written Bengali literature in the modern age. He shaped the varied experiences of life into the diverse canvases of his works. In childhood Mir Mosharraf Hossain first received education at the village school; later he studied for some time at the Kushtia English school and for a year at the Nawab school in Padamdi. While studying at Padamdi school in Faridpur, he was admitted to the first class of Krishnanagar Collegiate School in 1864. Probably he did not get the opportunity to study further than that. At the beginning of his working life he worked for some time in the Padamdi Nawab estate of Faridpur and in Kolkata. Later he spent most of his working life as manager of the Delduar zamindari estate in Tangail. His period of work at the Delduar estate of Tangail is considered the best time of his life, for it was from there that he attained establishment in society and in literature.
He began his literary career from his student days. Harinath Majumdar alias 'Kangal Harinath', editor of the 'Gramyabarta' of Kumarkhali in Kushtia district, was his literary guru. He began his literary practice in those days in these two periodicals — 'Gramyabarta' and Ishwar Gupta's 'Sangbad Prabhakar'. Before him, no noteworthy Muslim literary figure is seen in Bengali prose literature. Among the literary devotees of the Muslims in the modern age, Mir Mosharraf Hossain was the pathfinder. His literary work later inspired many Muslim literary aspirants to literary practice.
His literary genius blossomed at a very young age. His first book, the novel 'Ratnavati', was composed and published on 2 September 1869 when he was only 21. His last book, 'Amar Jiboni', was published in twelve volumes from 1908 to 1910. His play 'Jamidar Darpan' is autobiographical, and 'Udas Pathiker Moner Katha' is his satirical work. 'Gazi Miyar Bastani' is a priceless treasure of Bengali literature. The largest novel written on the sorrowful events of Karbala, 'Bishad Sindhu' (1885-1891 AD), is his greatest work. Since Mir Mosharraf Hossain's greatest work 'Bishad Sindhu' was first published in 1885, for about 120 years to this day it has held an honored place in the hearts of Bengali readers. The conflict between Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain — the grandsons of the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) — and Yazid, the lord of Damascus, is the principal event of the book 'Bishad Sindhu'. For this famous book of his, 'Bishad Sindhu' (1885-1891 AD), the Bengali reading public — indeed the Muslim world — will remember him with reverence forever.
Mir Mosharraf Hossain, by composing Bengali poetry, essays and novels, inaugurated a new rich tradition of Muslim Bengali literature in the modern age. He also showed special distinction in composing books of literary flavor. Besides, from the novel 'Ratnavati' up to the publication of 'Bibi Kulsom' or the biography of 'Amar Jiboni', thirty-five of his published and unpublished books have been traced on various subjects — novels, plays, farces, poetry, musical dramas, essays, literature and pictures of society.
Novels: Ratnavati (2 September 1869 AD), Bishad Sindhu (1885-1891 AD), Udasin Pathiker Moner Katha (1890-1891 AD), Gazi Miyar Bastani (1898-1899 AD, a work of humor), Tahmina (1899 AD), Bandha Khata (1900 AD), Niyoti Ki Obonoti (1902 AD).
Plays: Basanta Kumari (1873 AD), Jamidar Darpan (1873 AD), Behula Gita Bhinay (1889 AD, musical drama).
Jatra: Tala Obinoy (1899 AD).
Farces: Er Upay Ki? (1876 AD), Bhai Bhai Eito Chai (1877 AD), Fans Kagoj (1890 AD), Eki? (1892 AD).
Essays: Go-Jibon (1889 AD), Musalmaner Bangla Shiksha (1903-1908 AD). Biographies: Amar Jiboni (1908-1910 AD), Hazrat Yusuf (1909 AD), Bibi Kulsom or the biography of Amar Jiboni (1910 AD).
Poetry: Gorai Bridge or Gauri Setu (1873 AD), Sangit Lahari (1888 AD), Panchanari (1895 AD), Maulud Sharif (1902 AD, prose and verse).
Religious books: Khotba (1903 AD), Prem Parijat (1904 AD), Bibi Khodejar Bibaha (1905 AD), Hazrat Belaler Jiboni (1905 AD), Hazrat Omarer Dharma Jiban Labh (1905 AD), Hazrat Amir Hamzar Dharma Jiban Labh (1905 AD), Modinar Gourab (1906 AD), Moslem Biratwa (1907 AD), Baji Mat (1908 AD), Islamer Joy (1908 AD), in prose and verse.
Periodicals: he was associated with running the weekly periodical 'Hitakari' and was the editor of the monthly periodical 'Ajijan Nehar'.
Before Mir Mosharraf Hossain, no noteworthy Muslim literary figure is seen in Bengali literature. Among the Muslims he was the first successful aspirant and creator of modern literature. The language of his literature is vivacious and spirited. Mir Mosharraf Hossain, the man of many talents and social benefactor of Muslim Bengali literature in the modern age, strove in his various poems and writings to inspire the Muslims of Bengal with the ancient Muslim glory and heritage. He was at once poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, biographer and a supremely socially conscious person.
Mir Mosharraf Hossain, the greatest shaper of Bengali literature and pathfinder of Muslim society, passed away at his own residence on 19 December 1912 at the age of about sixty-four.
I pray for the forgiveness of his soul.
Source of information: Daily Naya Diganta
