Mir Mosharraf Hossain (Bangla: মীর মোশাররফ হোসেন) (1847-1912) was a Bengali language novelist, playwright and essayist in 19th century Bengal. He was born in Kushtia, now in Bangladesh. Image File history File linksMetadata Mir_mosharraf_hossain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mir_mosharraf_hossain. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা ) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙà§à¦—), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙà§à¦—দেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Kushtia is a district in south-western Bangladesh. ...
He is perhaps most famous for his novel Bishad Sindhu (Ocean of Sorrow), depicting the tale of Martyrdom of Hossain or Husayn bin Ali in Karbala. He was one of the first muslim writers to emerge from colonial British India. Mir Mosharraf Hossain was secular and promoted peace between Hindus and Muslims. His other works include Jamindar Darpan (Refelections on Zamindars), a novel on the plight of common people under the zamindars (landlords installed by the British coloniar rulers) and their struggle against them. Imaginary portrait of Husayn ibn Ali, by contemporary Iranian artist. ... KarbalÄ (Arabic: ; also transliterated as Kerbala, Kerbela, or Karbila) is a city in Iraq, located about 100 km southwest of Baghdad at 32. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Zamindar, also known as Zamindari, or the Zamindari System (Persian: زمیندار) were employed by the Mughals to collect taxes from peasants. ...
Situated beside the river Padma (Ganges) in Bangladesh, the Estate produced some of the finest Muslim rulers and writers of the area during the British Raj.
Notable among those are MirMosharrafHossain (the first eminent Muslim playwright, famous for his plays - Bishad Shindhu (the River of Sadness), Jaminder Darpan (Mirror of the Landlord) and Syed Meer Sirazul Islam.
The members of the "Syed" family that ruled the estate took two titles simultaneously; "Syed" for the lineage that they claim goes back to the Prophet of Islam and "Meer" that was bestowed on them by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan for commanding Mughal Artillery.
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