Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan

Dawlat Wazir
Bahram Khan
Born
Asaduddin

Chittagong, modern-day Bangladesh
Other namesDaulat Ujir
OccupationWriter
Notable workLaily-Majnu, Imam Bijoy

Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (Bengali: দৌলত উজির বাহরাম খান, romanized: Doulot Uzir Bahram Khan), born as Asaduddin, was a 16th-century medieval Bengali poet and the Wazir of Chittagong in southeastern Bengal.[1]

He is best known for his magnum opus Laily-Majnu which is a thematic Bengali adaptation of Jami's version of the classic tale.[2] Among his other notable works are long poems such as Imam Bijoy which was a retelling of the 7th-century Battle of Karbala that had taken place in Iraq.

  1. ^ Ahmed, Wakil (2012). "Daulat Uzir Bahram Khan". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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