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{{Infobox religious biography
|honorific prefix = [[Mawlana]]
| name = Muhammad Abdullah il-Baqi
| native_name = মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল্লাহিল বাকী
| honorific-suffix = [[Saheb]]
| image =
| image_size =
| sect = [[Ahl-i Hadith]]
| caption =
| birth_name = Muhammad Abdullahil Baqi
| birth_date = 1886
| birth_place = [[Burdwan I|Tubgram]], [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan district]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|12|1|1886||}}
| death_place = [[East Bengal]], [[Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
| relatives =
| alma_mater = Lalbari Madrasa<br>Kanpur Madrasa
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| movement = [[Khilafat Movement]]<br>[[Non-cooperation movement]]<br>[[Pakistan Movement]]
| occupation = Religious scholar, writer, politician
| initiated = [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]]
| party = [[Krishak Praja Party]]<br>[[All-India Muslim League]]
}}
'''Muhammad Abdullah il-Baqi''' ({{lang-bn|মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল্লাহিল বাকী}}) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and politician. As a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]], he played an active role in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a prominent leader of the [[Ahl-i Hadith]] movement in [[North Bengal]], and played a significant roles in pre-partition Ahl-i Hadith conferences.<ref name=ahl>{{cite book |title=Pakistan Quarterly |date=1964 |publisher=Pakistan Publications. |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZepRAQAAIAAJ&q=Abdullah+el+Baqui |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Baqui was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in the village of [[Burdwan I|Tubgram]] in [[Bardhaman district|Burdwan district]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British Raj]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]]). He later migrated to the neighbourhood of [[Parbatipur Upazila|Nurul Huda]] in [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur district]] at an early age. He completed his primary education at the Lalbari Madrasa in [[Badarganj Upazila|Badarganj]], [[Rangpur District]]. After that, he enrolled at a madrasa in [[Kanpur]] where he completed his education in [[Islamic studies]] and [[Arabic language]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Baqi, Muhammad Abdullahil|author=Abdus Salam, Muhammad}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1907, he founded the Nurul Huda Minor School and Nurul Hua Junior Madrasa. From 1951 to 1962, it became known as Nurul Huda High Madrasa.<ref>{{cite web|website=Nurul Huda High School|url=https://nhhighschool.edu.bd|title=প্রথম পাতা|language=bn}}</ref> At an Islamic conference in [[Bogra]] in March 1913, he co-founded the [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]] alongside [[Mohammad Akram Khan]], [[Maniruzzaman Islamabadi]] and [[Muhammad Shahidullah]].

Baqi was also the president of the [[Indian National Congress]]'s [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]] branch. He took part in the [[Khilafat Movement]] and the [[Non-cooperation movement]]. Baqi was imprisoned twice for his involvement in the civil disobedience movements. In 1935, he was the president of the North Bengal Ahl-e-Hadith Conference in [[Kaunia Upazila|Haragach]], [[Rangpur District]].<ref name=ahl/>

In 1934, he became a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Praja Party]]. He was elected as the president of the [[All Bengal Tenant Association]] in 1937. Baqi left the [[Krishak Praja Party]] and joined the [[All-India Muslim League]] in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jalal |first1=Ayesha |title=The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-45850-4 |page=152 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D63KMRN1SJ8C&q=Abdullah+el+Baqui&pg=PA152 |language=en}}</ref> As a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]], he contributed to the [[Pakistan Movement]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Constituent Assembly (Legislature) of Pakistan Debate: Official Report |date=1953 |publisher=Manager of Publications |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdatPjQ7_bMC&q=Abdullah+el+Baqui |language=en}}</ref>

After the [[Independence of Pakistan]] in 1947, he helped to establish the East Bengal Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith. Baqi also became a member of the [[List of members of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan|1st National Assembly of Pakistan]] and the [[East Pakistan Legislative Assembly]]. He also served as president of the [[Muslim League (Pakistan)|Muslim League]]'s [[East Bengal]] branch.

==Bibliography==
Baqi wrote several works in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and he also had a fluency in [[Arabic]], [[Farsi|Persian]], [[Urdu]] and English. His articles would generally be published on his established [[Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala]] organisation's ''Al-Eslam'' monthly magazine. He also wrote a booklet called ''Pirer Dhyan'' (Meditation of the [[Pir (Sufism)|Pir]]).<ref name=bpedia/>

==Death==
Baqui died on 1 December 1952.<ref>{{cite book |title=Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Debates: Official Report |date=1952 |publisher=Manager of Publications. |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjOXaK9OO-QC&q=Abdullah+el+Baqui |accessdate=26 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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