Shaykh Gharib Khan Nistani Afghani, popularly known as Shah Gabru, was a 14th-century Sufi Muslim figure from the Sylhet region.
13 Facts About Shah Gabru
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Shah Gabru met Shah Jalal during his meeting with Nizamuddin Auliya and decided to accompany him in his expedition towards the Indian subcontinent.
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Shah Gabru is noted to be a part of a collective known as the Panch Pir.
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Shah Gabru set up a hujra south of Banaiya Haor in a Hindu village.
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Many Hindu families embraced Islam due to his efforts and Shah Gabru eventually married into one of the families.
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Shah Gabru's son was Muhammad Ghazi and his grandson was Muhammad Sulayman.
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Shah Gabru's son was Muhammad Sabdar Husayn Chowdhury, who had five sons: Nadir, Sadir, Haydar, Ghulam and Hatim.
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Shah Gabru studied Arabic, Bengali and Urdu at a young age before enrolling at the Murari Chand College.
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Shah Gabru had connections with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and is often considered to be instrumental to the development of the Qawmi Madrasah system in Bengal having established the Azad Dini Adarah and Sylhet Qaumi Madrasah Board himself.
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Shah Gabru had two sons; Rashid Ahmad Chowdhury Lubab and Mawlana Saeed Ahmad Chowdhury Subab.
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Shah Gabru later built a mosque in Colootola in Kolkata where he became a teacher and mutawalli, permanently residing in the city.
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Shah Gabru's children were Aisha Khatun and Khan Bahadur Hamid Chowdhury.
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Shah Gabru then became the chairman of the service commission.