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'''Khandakar Fazle Rabbi''' (1848-1917) was a writer, clerk, Muslim nationalist and ''Dewan of the Nawab of Murshidabad.'' <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fazle Rabbi, Khan Bahadur Khondkar - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Fazle_Rabbi,_Khan_Bahadur_Khondkar |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref>

{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Khan Bahadur]]
| name = Khandakar Fazle Rabbi
| native_name = খন্দকার ফজলে রাব্বি
| native_name_lang = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| pronunciation = Khondokar Fazle Rabbi
| birth_date = 1848
| birth_place = [[Salar, Murshidabad]], [[Nawabs of Murshidabad|Nawab of Murshidabad]]
| death_date = 1917
| death_place = [[British Raj]]
| nationality = [[Mughal Empire]]
[[British Raj|British Indian]]
| occupation = Dewan of Nawab of Murshidabad
| children = Khandakar Ali Afzal
| parents = Khandakar Obaidul Akbar
| family = [[Khondakar|Khandakars]] of [[Salar, Murshidabad|Salar]]
| relatives = [[Rehman Sobhan]]
}}

== Early Life and Birth ==
Khandakar Fazle Rabbi was born into one of the aristocratic [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] families of [[Murshidabad]] during the reign of the ''[[Nawabs of Murshidabad|Nawab of Murshidabad]]'', the [[Khondakar|Khandakars]] of [[Salar, Murshidabad]].<ref name=":0" /> The Khandakars of Murshidabad had claimed descent from the first Muslim ''[[Caliphate|Caliph]]'', [[Abu Bakr]]; they claim that one of Abu Bakr's eighth generation descendants had migrated from [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] to [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Samim |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=v6_oBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=khondkar+fazle+rabbi+family&source=bl&ots=yBUuxnNUyP&sig=ACfU3U1JZ6dlJ7qVr2FlL-tjCNixH2jm-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLl_nVhZKAAxW9S2wGHfZrAas4FBDoAXoECA0QAw#v=onepage&q=khondkar%20fazle%20rabbi%20family&f=false |title=Seven Heavens |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5009-772-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Sobhan |first=Rehman |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8qeMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19&lpg=PT19&dq=khondkar+fazle+rabbi+family&source=bl&ots=Gk6OcLL1Kj&sig=ACfU3U1KoNHwzO7rAN6luxHJS72vZVU68g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrx96VgZKAAxXET2wGHXaiCIo4ChDoAXoECCAQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Untranquil Recollections: The Years of Fulfilment |publisher=SAGE Publications India |isbn=978-93-5150-320-0 |language=en}}</ref> Khawaja Rustam, a descendant of this migrant from Arabia to Iran, had migrated from [[Khorasan province|Khorasan, Iran]] to the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]], his son Khawaja Ziauddin Zahid settling in [[Prayagraj|Allahabad]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> They had later moved to [[Bengal]], where Sheikh Sirajuddin, son of Khawaja Ziauddin Zahid was appointed as ''[[Qadi|Qazi-ul-Quzzat]]'' by [[Sultan Ghiasuddin|Sultan Ghiyasuddin]].<ref name=":1" /> Khandakar Fazle Rabbi's father was named Khandakar Ubaidul Akbar and was the ''[[Munshi|Mir Munshi]]'' (Chief Minister) in the government of the ''Nawab of Murshidabad''.<ref name=":0" />

== Education and Work ==
Khandakar Fazle Rabbi, like many of his family members though [[Bengali-speaking|Bengali speaking]], was proficient in the [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]] languages, the languages of the official [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] style court.<ref name=":0" /> He had also gone beyond the traditions of aristocratic families in Bengal of only being educated in Persian and Urdu, but had also pursued education in [[English language|English]], he was the first one in his lineage to have attained a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA degree]] in English. Khandakar Fazle Rabbi had also encouraged his son Khandakar Ali Afzal and nephews to seek English education, as this was the way into government service in the ''[[British Raj]]''.<ref name=":1" /> In 1869, Khandakar Fazle Rabbi, aged 21 travelled to [[England]] to manage the affairs of the last ''[[Nawabs of Murshidabad|Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad]]''. He was permitted by the ''Nawab of Murshidabad'' to return in 1874, and was put in charge of the finances of the ''Nawab'', and was appointed as ''[[Dewan]] of the Nawab of Murshidabad'' in 1881. Due to his services, he was given the title of ‘''[[Khan Bahadur]]''’ by [[Queen Victoria]] in 1897.<ref name=":1" />

== Work in British India ==
Khandakar Fazle Rabbi was an executive committee member of the [[Muslim Literary Society of Kolkata]] in 1900, and a member of the imperial league organised by the ''[[Zamindars of Bengal|Zamindar of Burdwan]]'' in 1909.<ref name=":0" />

== Written Works ==
Khandakar Fazle Rabbi had written three books ‘''Kitab e Tasdikun Lehad''’, ‘''Hakikate Musalman e Bangalah''’ and ‘''Tareekh e Hindustan''. ’ The first mentioned book is a history of the [[Khondakar|Khandakars]] of [[Salar, Murshidabad]]. The second is a book regarding the origins of [[Bangladeshi society|Bengali society]]. The third is a history of the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

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Shafaethossen at 08:20, 18 July 2023