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'''Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri''' was a Bengali Pakistani author, journalist, and politician.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Enayetpuri was born on 21 January 1898 in Enayetpur, [[Jessore District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]. He was of Iraqi descent. He was taught Urdu and Persian languages, and Islamic theology by an Islamic preacher, Abu Bakar. He learned English and was given the title of Shamsul Ulama.<ref name="aae">{{cite web |last1=Uddin |first1=M Afaz |title=Enayetpuri, Ahmed Ali |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Enayetpuri,_Ahmed_Ali |website=en.banglapedia.org |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Enayetpuri founded Sariat (also spelled Sariyat), a monthly magazine, in 1924 and became its editor. He renamed the newspaper Sariat-i-Islam. It was the sole [[Hanafi]] publication in Kolkata. It was dogmatic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Isalāma |first1=Mustāphā Nūraula |title=Bengali Muslim public opinion as reflected in the Bangali press, 1901-1930 |date=1973 |publisher=Bangla Academy |page=306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ue9AAQAAIAAJ&q=Ahmed+Ali+Enayetpuri |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh: Humanities |date=1984 |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSEkAQAAIAAJ&q=Ahmed+Ali+Enayetpuri |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He served as the editor of the Sariat-i-Islam for 32 years. In 1934 he was made Khan Shaheb by the British government. He served as a member of the Jessore District Board. In 1937 he was elected to the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from Jhenaidah constituency as a candidate of the [[All India Muslim League]]. In 1938 the British Government gave him the title of [[Khan Bahadur]]. In the assembly he introduced a bill to make primary education free.<ref name="aae" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Annual Register |date=1941 |publisher=Annual Register Office. |page=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsoZAAAAMAAJ&q=Ahmed+Ali+Enayetpuri |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Aziz |first1=Khursheed Kamal |title=Public life in Muslim India, 1850-1947: a compendium of basic information on political, social, religious, cultural and educational organizations active in pre-partition India |date=1992 |publisher=Vanguard |isbn=9789694021195 |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JituAAAAMAAJ&q=Ahmed+Ali+Enayetpuri |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Enayetpuri died on 4 January 1959 in Enayetpur, Jessore District, [[East Pakistan]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name="aae" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1898 births]]<br />
[[Category:1959 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jessore District]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali writers]]</div>>Ebbedlila