Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Shamsul Huda, received his early
education in Arabic, Persian. Urdu, Bengali and aspects of Islam at home under
the care of his father. After completing his early education at home, Shamsul
Huda moved to Calcutta for farther and higher education. Since Calcutta was one
of India's leading centers of education and commerce at the time, the bright
and ambitious Muslim students went there to pursue religious sciences and
modern English education. Soon after his arrival in Calcutta, Shamsul Huda
enrolled at the Hughly Madrasah where he studied Arabic, Persian, Urdu and
aspects of traditional Islamic sciences. According to Muhammad Abdullah, he may
have completed his exams there before joining the renowned Presidency College
for his undergraduate studies, In 1884, at the age of 21. he obtained his
Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and, a year later, he was appointed a lecturer in
Arabic, and Persian at the historic Calcutta Madrasah.
Shamsul Huda joined the Calcutta
Madrasah in the same year in which Mawlana Ubaydullah al-Ubaydi Suhrawardi, a
former superintendent of that Madrasah, died. Thanks to his excellent
linguistic skills, Shamsul Huda became a popular teacher in the Department of
Arabic and Persian, and he also found lime to study part-time tor a Bachelor of
Laws (BL) degree, which was awarded to him by the Universiry of Calcutta in
1886. He was a bright student, who excelled in his studies and received high
marks in both his BA and BL examinations. A year after obtaining his law
degree, Shamsul Huda resigned as a lecturer at Calcutta Madrasah and began to
practice law at the Calcutta High Court, While he was busy working as a lawyer,
he continued to study, Persian privately and, in 1889, he obtained a Master of
Arts (MA) degree in that subject. He passed his exams with flying colors and in
so doing he became one of the most coquet, articulate and educated Muslims of
his generation. As expected, Shamsul Huda went onto play an important and
equally influential role as a Muslim scholar, leader and politician in Bengal
during the early part of the twentieth century.
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