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{{Short description|British Indian judge}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[Sir]]
|honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]
|name=Abdul Majid
|image=Abdul Majid Assamese.jpg
|birth_date={{birth date|1868|05|17|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Jorhat]], [[North-East Frontier|Assam]], [[British India]]
|spouses=Mafidan Nissa
|death_date={{death date and age|1924|11|07|1868|05|17|df=y}}
|death_place=
|children=[[Mohammad Ishfaqul Mazid]]
}}
'''Sir Abdul Majid''' {{post-nominals|list= [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]}} (17 May 1868 — 6 November 1924) was an Assamese justice and scholar of [[Assamese language]]. He spoke Arabic, Persian, English, Bengali, and Assamese.<ref name=gentle>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Waqar A. |date=1 November 2021 |title=Maj. Gen. Ishfakul Majid: Soldier & Gentleman |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/views/in-focus/news/maj-genishfakul-majid-soldier-gentleman-2210766 |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Background and education==
Majid's ancestors originated from [[Goalpara district|Goalpara]], [[Assam]], but had moved to [[Jorhat]] in [[upper Assam]] when the ruling [[Ahom kingdom|Ahom kings ]] shifted their capital from [[Sivasagar]] to Jorhat.<ref name=gentle/> Majid's great-grandfather, Dar Shah Fakir, had renounced worldly life and became an [[ascetic]]. Majid's grandfather, Mohammad Shah, became a merchant and the largest ''Mauzadar'' of Assam, who owned large arable land and residential properties.<ref name=gentle/>

Majid was born on 17 May 1868 in Balibat, Jorhat in the then [[North-East Frontier]], [[British India]].<ref name=son>{{Cite web |author=Dabira Sultana Ahmed|date=18 November 2015 |title=Abdul Majid, an illustrious son of Assam |url=https://assamtimes.org/node/15823 |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=Assam Times |language=en}}</ref> In 1882, at age 14, he became the first graduate from Jorhat to pass the entrance examination from Jorhat High School.<ref name=son/> He then graduated from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] in [[Calcutta]] in 1887. He then enrolled into [[Cambridge University]] to study law in 1888. In 1891, he qualified as a barrister from [[Middle Temple]].<ref name=gentle/>

==Career==
In 1920, Majid became a justice of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He was awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (Companion of Indian Empire) at ceremony in London attended by [[King George V]].<ref name=gentle/>

Majid was a litterateur of the Assamese language.<ref name=gentle/>

==Personal life==
Majid married Mafidan Nissa in Assam.<ref name=gentle/> She was a daughter of Munshi Rahmat Ali, a Magistrate from [[Puranigudam]], [[Nagaon district]].<ref name=son/>

They had four sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Inamul Majid, served as High Commissioner of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref name=son/> His third son, [[Mohammad Ishfaqul Mazid]], went on to become the first [[Bengalis|Bengali]] general in the [[Pakistan Army]].<ref name=gentle/> His youngest son, Safkat Majid, was a director of agriculture in [[Assam Government]]. His second daughter, Zubaida Ataur Rahman, a social worker, was awarded the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]] and she was the 1st woman president of [[Assam Legislative Council]]. His youngest daughter, Mafida Majid, was the first Assamese Muslim woman graduate from Calcutta University.<ref name=son/>

Majid had a brother, Abu Sahid Shah.<ref name=son/>

==References==
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[[Category:Scholars from Assam]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]

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Ajay Kumar at 18:11, 9 August 2023