Abu Nasr Waheed
Abu Nasr Wahid | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 21 September 1878 |
| Died | 31 May 1953 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Shah Saheb Lane Cemetery, Narinda, Old Dhaka |
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| Alma mater | Sylhet Govt. High School Murari Chand College Presidency College |
| Relatives | Faizunnesa Choudhurani (great-grandmother-in-law) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Muslim leader | |
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| Education Minister of Assam | |
| In office April 1937 – February 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Muhammed Saadulah |
| Member of the 1st Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 19 January 1937 – 1946 | |
| Constituency | Sylhet Sadar |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad Waḥīd محمد وحيد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Jāwīd Bakht بن جاويد بخت |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū Naṣr أبو نصر |
Abū Naṣr Muḥammad Waḥīd (Arabic: أبو نصر محمد وحيد, Bengali: আবু নসর মুহম্মদ ওহীদ; 21 September 1878 – 31 May 1953), or simply Abu Nasr Waheed, was a Bengali Islamic scholar, educationist, author and politician. He is best known for his reformations to Islamic education in Bengal, and development of Arabic language education among Bengali Muslims. Wahid also served as the Education Minister of British Assam and a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly.