Hajj 2007

The following family members are performing hajj this year: 

From Paribagh Dhaka Amer Hussain Bhaduri (grand son of S.A Salim) and his wife Sharmila Begum (g/d of K.M.Mosharraf). -Departure date Dec 11^th 07) . 

From Nawabbari, Dhaka Khawja Sohel Hafiz (Rushu) s/o (Khawja Hafizuddin a.ka Bachha Saab) and  Shaheda Begum w/oKhawja Hafizuddin . 

From Badamtali, Dhaka Syed Sakhawat Hossain s/o Hosne Jahan Begum.Qamar Jahan (w/o Mr.Kaiser s/o Maulana Mia s/o Khwaja Abdur Rahim).

From Begum Bazaar, Dhaka Naazma Begum d/o Syed Sujat Hossain Shahbazi. 

From Gulshan Dhaka Khwaja Saberuddin,his wife Naheen, two daughters Maheen and Binu. two sons Mohd Ali and Mahi and Saberuddinn’s mother Maherun Begum.

From Lalmatia, Dhaka  Khawja Ahmad (Departure date 30.11.07)  

 

From Queens, New York  Syed Noman Hassan (Departure date Nov 29^{th 07}), Syed Anjum Hassan (Departure Date Dec 6^{th 07})  and Syed Omayer Hassan (Departure Date Dec 11^{th 07}) . The tree brothers belong to S.K.Najmul Hassan’s family. 

From: Dallas, Texas Sheikh Kabir h/o Shaheen Begum (d/o Khwaja Anisullah) 

May Allah grant them all-Maqbool Hajj.

 

Samiullah Askari urges Musharraf to restore democracy

Karachi, Nov 17: Urging Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf to withdraw the emergency, children of several close associates of Mohammad Ali Jinnah have pleaded with him not to betray the Father of the Nation and the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to bring Pakistan into being. In a letter sent to Musharraf, they recalled that creation of Pakistan was achieved by moral and intellectual force, besides the might of the pen “for which there is no parallel in the history of the world.” The letter has been written by Ashraf and Akber (sons of Liaquat Ali Khan), Laila Sarfaraz and Yusuf Haroon (daughter and son of Abdullah Haroon), Atiya Shujaat Hasan (daughter of Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan), Zia Ispahani (son of M.A.H. Ispahani), Qazi Faez and Qazi Azmat (sons of Qazi Mohammad Isa), Talat Shuaib Qureshi (granddaughter of Maulana Mohammad Ali), Abdullah Hussain Haroon (grandson of Abdullah Haroon), Rukhsana Abbasi (granddaughter of Saadullah Khan) and Samiullah Askari (great grandson of Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka). For more details click the link below: http://www.dailyindia.com/show/192309.php/Children-of-Jinnahs-close-associates-urge-Musharraf-to-restore-democracy

Reduced Air Fare (2008) from JFK to AHSAN MANZIL

Great news for all Nawabbarian’s.

My travel agency, MPR  Travel Inc, is offering special discounted fares for 2008.
JFK to DAC  round trip USD 850 plus tax month of Jan to Mar’08.Limited seats available, so  please call or email us.We have all major international airlines. We do hotel, cruises, train, Europe, Caribbean, group, honeymoon packages, domestic and Umrah also. 

Contact:  Khawaja M Sohaib
               MPR Travel Inc., and Ariana Tours and Travel.
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Birth Announcement

Mrs.

Mrs. Naima Begum and Mr.Farhan Mahmood are happy to announce the birth of their loved twins.

The twins were born at Central Hospital, Dhaka on the 23^rd of October at 7.30 p.m. The boy weighted 5 lbs and the girl weighted 4.75 lbs at birth. The son has been named Mohammad Hossain Gous (Ayat) and the girl’s name is Ummul Khair Zainab (Zara). May Allah bless them a healthy, happy and a prosperous life.

DNF’s leased land handed over to Dhaka Club

The land which has been handed over to the Dhaka Club stretches from the gate of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh to Tin Netar Majar (graveyard of three leaders).
According to the housing and public works ministry, the park which once covered 100 acres of land shrank over the years as structures including Sarak Bhaban and Police Control Room were erected around its perimeter.

Background History: Nawab Abdul Ghani acquired land in Shahbagh and Paribagh, took lease of race course from the British to patronize horse racing which became very popular. A club was built (Gymkhana club) on the north edge which was opened in 1911 by Lord Lanslott. Today Dhaka Club is the oldest recreation organisation and the largest of elite clubs in Dhaka, According to Prof Muntasir Mamoon of History Department at Dhaka University, the British rulers took over a large portion of Nawab’s estate in Ramna in 1941.
They leased out 524 bighas of land to Dhaka Club from it. Of those,190 bighas were used for a race course while 19 bighas for a golf course.
After independence, Bangladesh government opened the area to public entrusting the public works ministry with its maintenance.

To read the developments in the Daily Star:

 Govt decision to lease out 25acre greenery sparks uproar:11.08.07 

Golfers or land grabbers? 11.09.07 

Withdraw decision,demand experts,environmentalists:  Nov 10, 2007                                           

Dhaka Clubs’ Statement:11.12.07     

Land for the ‘lords’ and peril for the people 11.13.07                                        

Govt urged not to hand park to Dhaka Club: 11.14.07 

Ground Realities: Nov 14, 2007                                           

Duta urges govt not to allow golfing: 11.15.07 

To read the news in Bengali: Prothom Alo, Nov 5 2007 

Reactions of Dhakaites & the enviromentalists: Rumi Ahmed’s wordpress Blog  

Notice: Annual General Meeting of Dhaka Nawab “B” Estate Proprietors’ Association

Notice as per Clause 11 (b) of the Articles of Association is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Dhaka Nawab “B” Estate Proprietors’ Association and election of the new Executive Committee as per Clause 11 (a) of the Articles of Association will be held on Saturday the 24th of November, 2007 at 2.45 p.m. at Bhaduri Tower (14th floor), 1/B Paribagh, Dhaka-1000 to discuss the following matters:

- To approve the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting.
- Address of welcome by the out-going President of the Association.
- Presentation of the Annual Report by the Secretary of the Association.
- To discuss on the address of the President and the Report of the Secretary and about the present status of the estate properties under the management of the Court of Wards.
- To elect the new 9 member Executive Committee of the Association for the year 2007-2009 (As per clause 17 of the Articles of Association any member can contest for the post of the office bearers proposed and seconded by two members of the Association)
- To declare the names of office bearers of the new Executive Committee for the year 2007-2009
- Address by the new President

All the members of the Association along with their respective families are requested to kindly attend the Meeting in time.

Sd./-

Khwaja Zaki Ahsanullah
Honorary Secretary
1st November 2007

Proxy: Pursuant to Article absent members can appoint any member of the Association to vote on his behalf in writing or by virtue of Power of Attorney.

- Aamer Bhaduri

Website announcement: New files

The following new files have been added to the digital library section of the website.

Anas Khwaja

Court Cases:
Atiqullah vs Habibullah 1918 – I
Atiqullah vs Habibullah 1918 – II
Books:
Ahsanullah’s Diary 23-24 Mar 1874
Glimpses of Old Dhaka (excerpts)

ARTS & CULTURE

Cinema: The Dhaka Nawab Family’s Contribution

Wedding in Toronto, 3 November 2007

KANIZ and PARVEZ AHMAD have invited relations and friends at the wedding of their daughter YUSRA NAIFA AHMAD with ZAKI ADNAN TAHER son of Anhar and Mohammad Abu Taher on Saturday 3^rd November 2007 at Candles Banquet Hall, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

 

Dr. PARVEZ AHMAD is very happy to share, with members of the Dhaka Nawab Family, news about his daughter’s success. He writes: “By the mercy of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala the young poetess of DNF Newsletter of the 1990s, YUSRA, has finally become an MD from the University of Toronto (rated by Newsweek and Time magazines as the ‘Best University of Canada’) after long hard-fought struggle. Getting admission in medicine in the University of Toronto is tough and highly competitive among the very best of Canada. After her admission  and while she was a medical student at U of T, the Chairman of the Admission Committee of the MD program at U of T told her: ‘We have never admitted someone in medicine based on her/his poetry. You are the first person whose poems were the decisive, clinching factor in getting you an admission in medicine.’ Some of her poems were published in the DNF Newsletter in the 1990s, as well as other places.”

 

YUSRA AHMAD has very kindly written to say what it meant to her to find that her poetic contributions to the Newsletter in the 1990s was mentioned in the last (printed) issue of the Newsletter in December 2006. Having graduated from the Medical School of the University of Toronto, she is presently doing her Residency in Psychiatry, and, God willing, hopes to persue child and adolescent psychiatry. “The biggest news of all, however,”, she writes, “is that I now find myself engaged and the wedding is set for November 3, in Toronto.” About her fiancé she writes: “Zaki’s family is Bangladeshi, but he was born in Edmonton, Alberta, where he is training to be a Dermotologist.”

 

We congratulate Yusra and Zaki and pray: May God bless them with health, every happiness and success in a blissfully long married life.

Obituary: TARIQ AHMAD HUSAIN

TARIQ AHMAD HUSAIN, son of Hushmat and Brigadier Noor Ahmad Husain, passed away in Rawalpindi on Friday (Jumatul Vida) 12^th October 2007. May his soul rest in eternal heavenly peace, in the company of those whom Allah loves most. He is the first grandchild of the late Khwaja and Begum Farhut Shahabuddin to pass away.

Family tree:

Family Tree:- Family Tree for Khwaja, Begum, Syed, Mohammed, Bano and 199 other surnames.

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DNF Nov ‘07 Newsletter – Now Online !

Please click on the ‘Newsletter’ link above to read.