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{{Short description|Bangladeshi novelist (1926–2003)}}
{{infobox person
|name=Abu Ishaque
|native_name=আবু ইসহাক
|native_name_lang = bn
|birth_name=Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque
|birth_place= [[Naria Upazila|Shirangol]], [[Faridpur Division|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|image=Abu Ishaque photograph.jpg
|birth_date={{birth date|1926|11|1|df=y}}<ref name=Banglapedia/>
|alma_mater= [[Karachi University]]
|father=Muhammad Ibadullah
|mother=Athar un-Nisa
|death_date=16 {{death year and age|2003|1926|2}}
|death_place=
}}
'''Abu Bashar Mohammad Ishaque''' ({{langx|bn|আবু ইসহাক}}; 1 November 1926 – 16 February 2003) was a Bangladeshi novelist. He graduated B.A. from Karachi University. He was the Deputy Director of [[National Security Intelligence|NSI]].

==Early life==
Ishaque was born in the village of Shirangal in [[Naria Upazila|Naria]], [[Faridpur Division|Faridpur District]] (now in [[Shariatpur District]]) on 1 November 1926. He studied at the Upsi Bijari Taraprasanna English High School, from which he passed his [[matriculation exam]] with scholarship in 1942. In 1944, he completed his IA from [[Government Rajendra College]] in [[Faridpur, Bangladesh|Faridpur]].

==Career==
His first story, "Abhishap", was published in 1940 in the ''[[Nabajug]]'' magazine, which was edited by the activist [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]. This was when Abu Ishaque was still in high school. The story was later featured in the [[Saogat]] and [[The Azad]] magazines of [[Calcutta]].

His first job was as an inspector for a private institution. Ishaque's first big literary effort, ''Sūrja-Dīghal Baṛī'', was completed in August 1948, though waited some seven years for a publisher.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Bangla Literature|author=Mohammad Daniul Huq and Aminur Rahman}}</ref>
After the Partition of India in 1947, he became an assistant inspector for the Pakistan police department and was based in the cities of [[Karachi]], [[Rawalpindi]] and [[Islamabad]] up until 1956. Graduating from [[Karachi University]] in 1960, he served in many important posts in the country as well as in diplomatic positions in the high commission offices.

In 1973, Ishaque became a sub-director for the [[National Security Intelligence]] based in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Wakil Ahmed|article=Ishaque, Abu}}</ref> He served as vice-consul at the Bangladeshi embassy in [[Akyab]], [[Myanmar]] in 1974. Ishaque became the first secretary for the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission at [[Kolkata]] in 1976. In 1979, he started serving as the Chief of the National Security Intelligence's Khulna Branch. He retired from the government service in 1984.

==Works==
Three novels - one of which is a detective novel, two collections of short stories and the voluminous Samokalin Bangla Bhashar Obhidhan (first two parts of it have already been published from the Bangla Academy and the rest [how many?] are being prepared).

===Novels===
*''Surja-Dighal Bari'' (1955)
*''Padmar Palidwip'' (1986)
*''Jaal'' (1988)

===Short stories===
*"Jook"
*"MahaPatanga" (Large Insect)
*"Haarem"

==Awards==
*[[Bangla Academy Literary Award]] (1963)
*[[Ekushey Padak]] (1997)
*[[Independence Day Award]] (2004) Posthumously

==References==
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Nobranding1 at 18:18, 3 January 2026