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|name=Abdul Karim<br />
|title=[[Vice Chancellor]] of [[University of Chittagong]]<br />
|occupation=historian, university academic<br />
|term_start=28 November 1975 <br />
|term_end= 18 April 1981<br />
|predecessor=[[Abul Fazal (writer)|Abul Fazal]]<br />
|successor=M. A. Aziz Khan<br />
|birth_date={{circa|1928}}<br />
|death_date={{death date|2007|07|24|df=y}} (aged 79)<br />
|death_place=[[Panchlaish Thana|Panchlaish]], [[Chittagong District|Chittagong]], Bangladesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Abdul Karim''' ({{circa|1928}} – 24 July 2007)<ref name=dies>{{cite news |title=Historian Abdul Karim dies at 79|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2007/07/24/historian-abdul-karim-dies-at-79 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=24 July 2007 |access-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi historian. He served as the 5th [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cu.ac.bd/ctguni/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:vc-pro-vc-list&catid=38:chancellors&Itemid=61 | title=Vice-Chancellors | publisher=University of Chittagong | access-date=27 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030434/http://www.cu.ac.bd/ctguni/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49:vc-pro-vc-list&catid=38:chancellors&Itemid=61 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1995 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=20 July 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Karim was born on 1 June 1928. In 1944 he completed his High Madrasa Examination and in 1946 his Intermediate Arts Examination. He completed his BA from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1949 and his masters in 1950.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Karim,_Abdul2|title=Karim, Abdul2 |website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Karim joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in 1951. He was mentored by [[Ahmad Hasan Dani]]. He later went to the UK to earn his Ph.D and finished it in 1958. His desertion topic was ''Social History of the Muslims in Bengal''. He completed a second PhD from the [[SOAS, University of London|School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]]. In 1966, he joined [[Chittagong University]] as Chairman of the Department of History. He retired from the University in 1986. He joined the Institute for Bangladesh Studies of the [[University of Rajshahi]] as a senior fellow and in 2001 was made professor emeritus.<ref name="dies" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* Corpus of the Muslim Coins of Bengal<ref name=":0" /> <br />
* Corpus of the Arabic and Persian Inscriptions of Bengal<br />
* History of Bengal, Mughal Period<br />
* [[Murshid Quli Khan]] and His Times<br />
* Dhaka, the Mughal Capital<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karim|first=Abdul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duXHugEACAAJ|title=Dacca, the Mughal Capital|date=1958|publisher=Asiatic Society of Pakistan|language=en}}</ref><br />
* The [[Rohingya people|Rohingyas]]: A Short Account of their History and Culture<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karim|first=Abdul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=minKAAAACAAJ|title=The Rohingyas: A Short Account of Their History and Culture|date=2000|publisher=Arakan Historical Society|isbn=978-984-31-0942-2|language=en}}</ref><br />
* Banglar Itihas<br />
*Social History of the Muslims in Bengal (Down to A.D. 1538)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karim|first=Abdul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QlM1AQAAIAAJ|title=Social History of the Muslims in Bengal, Down to A. D. 1538|date=1959|publisher=Asiatic Society of Pakistan|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Karim died on 24 July 2007 in [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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