Dr. Md Alamgir Hossain
Volume-XII, Issue-II, January 2024
Volume-XII, Issue-II, January 2024 | ||
Published Online: 31.01.2024 | Page No: 242-247 | |||
Early Sufi-Saints of
Basirhat Subdivision
Dr. Md Alamgir
Hossain, Ex-Research
Fellow, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | |
During the period of the Muslim rule, Bengal was a land of Sufi-saints, who mainly came from Central Asia and North India with the objective of propagating the message of Islam in Bengal. Right from the thirteenth century onwards, different Sufi-saints came to Bengal and spread the message of equality, love and harmony. Richard M. Eaton rightly remarked that the early arrival of different Sufis in the delta region played an extremely important role in the growth of Islam in Bengal. In the country of Bengal, not to speak of the cities, there was no town and no villages where saints and Sufis did not come and settle down. However, like other parts of Bengal, the soil of the Basirhat subdivision did not lag behind in welcoming the Islamic preachers and saints. Basirhat is a frontier subdivision of North 24-¬Pargana district in the state of West Bengal, which is geographically located in the South-Eastern part of the province. As per available records, from the fourteenth century, the Muslim Sufi-saints and preachers came to this subdivision. On the whole, this paper attempts to briefly highlight the life and contribution of some early preachers and Sufi-saints of the Basirhat subdivision. | |
Keywords: Islam, Bengal, Basirhat, Sufi, Saint, Preacher. | |