Shah Ahmad Hasan

Shah Ahmad Hasan , was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist. He was an early student of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari. Hasan established Al-Jameatul Arabiatul Islamia Ziri, which was the second Qawmi madrasa of Bangladesh.

Early life and education Ahmad Hasan was born in 1882 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Jiri in western Patiya under the Chittagong District of the Bengal Presidency.

Career Whilst studying as Jamaat-e-Ula at Hathazari, Ashraf Ali of Kaiyagram used to have a jagir in their house. Hasan once came home with him in consultation and decided to establish the second Qawmi madrasa of Bengal. According to the decision, he first started the madrasa education in a shop room. Later, he relocated the madrasa to his village in Jiri.

Sufism Hasan was a murid of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. After his death, he then became a disciple of Qazi Muazzam Husayn of Mirsarai, a khalifah (spiritual successor) of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. Shah Ahmad Hasan received the khilafat from Husayn.