Md. Abul Kalam Azad

Registrar

Operation and Management of Postgraduate Schools, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1992

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Bangladesh Institute of Mgt. (BIM) 1991

MPhil, Jahangirnagar University 1988

MSc, Rajshahi University 1976

BSc, Rajshahi University 1972

In the professional arena, during 1976-1980, Mr. Azad worked in the Bangladesh Naval Academy of the Bangladesh Navy as a Civilian Instructor/Education Officer, Gazetted Class I. He was one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Naval Academy, Chittagong. His duties included education, administration, training and protocol. Many of his brilliant students are now holding top civil and military positions at home and abroad.

 

During 1980-1989, he was the Assistant Director/Senior Administrative

Officer of the Dhaka Museum, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture and worked for its administration, education, and training to elevate it, as one of the hardy founding members, to the status of the Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh, Dhaka, one of the largest ones of its kind in the South Asian region.

 

During 1989-1995, he was the Deputy Director (Administration)/Deputy Registrar of the erstwhile Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA), a tripartite project of the governments of Bangladesh, Japan and the USA. In October 1995, he was appointed as the as the Registrar of IPSA, which, by an Act of the parliament, was promulgated as the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), a centre of excellence for higher education, research, and outreach activities.

 

Thus, from 1995 to 2014, he was the founder Registrar of IPSA/BSMRAU.

 

From 2014 to 2016, he was the founder Controller of Examinations of Bangabandu Shekh Mojibur Rahman Maritime University (BSMRMU). He also performed as Director of various departments of BSMRMU. Additionally, he was the Editor of the BSMRMU Newsletter, it may be mentioned here that he complied almost all the rules and regulations of BSMRAU, BSMRMU and German University Bangladesh where he has been working as the Registrar since 06 August 2016.  

 

Mr. Azad, concurrently along with his capable colleagues, distinguished faculty and prudent students, has always thrived to uphold the Registrar Mission and Registrar Vision in an unique way among the galaxy of universities at home and abroad.

Publications

   Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Abu Dhabi, Encyclopedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, June 2000, Volume 2, pages 243-254. The article is an update on Abu Dhabi, a constituent state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

 

2.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Azerbaijan, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, September 2000, Volume 2, pages 556-569. The article is an update on: (i) West Azerbaijan in north-west Iran, (ii) East Azerbaijan in north-west Iran, and (iii) Republic of Azerbaijan, an independent country in western Asia, formerly Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

 

3.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Aligarh, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, June 2006, Volume 3, pages 234-242. The article is an update on Aligarh, and Aligarh Muslim University in India.

 

4.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Indonesia, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, June 2006, Volume 4, pages 79-100. The article is an update on Indonesia, situated south-easternmost of Asia continent, the largest Muslim country with respect to population.

 

5.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Iraq, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, June 2005, Volume 5, pages 109-127. The article is an update on Iraq, an independent Muslim country in Asia continent.

6.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Iran, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, second edition, Dhaka, June 2005, Volume 5, pages 179-191. The article is an update on Iran, formerly Persia, and a Muslim country in Asia continent.

 

7.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Geniza, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1991, Volume 10, page 570-573.  Geniza means a place where Hebrew literature was conserved.

 

8.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Djanbazan, Encyclopadia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 11, page 201-202. Djanbazan means the name of a special military in Uthmani empire.

 

9.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Jism (Arabic), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 11, page 596-598. Jism means sprit, soul, etc.

 

10.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Jubayl, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 11, page 662. Al Jubayl     is a Saudi Arabian port in the Persian Gulf.

 

11.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tabarka, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992,  Volume 12, page 242-3.  It is a city on Tunisia Coast.

 

12.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tabashir, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 251. It is a highly commended medicinal component of the orient.

 

13.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tabas, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 251-2. It is a Persian city of Khurashan province, Iran.

 

14.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tamgrut, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 256. Tamgrut is a city in Southern Morocco.

 

15.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Tamgruti, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 256. Al-Tamgruti is a 16th century AD Moroccan writer.

 

16.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tamim bin Murr, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 259-61. Tamim bin Murr is an Arabian tribe.

 

17.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tamim bin al-Muiz, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 263-4. Tamim bin al-Muiz is an 11th-12th century AD ruler of East Barbari (North Africa).

 

18.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tamim, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 264. Tamim was a brother of the 5th Fatimi Caliph Al-Aziz. Tamim was born in 948-9 AD.

 

19.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tarim, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 300-1. Tarim is the  principal river of modern Chinese Turkistan, 1200 miles long.

 

20.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tijaniyya, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 486-488. Tijaniyya is a sufi cult established by the same named person in 1737-1815 AD.

 

21.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Tijani, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 488-489. He is a 14th century Arab writer of Tunis.

22.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Tiflis, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 499-515.  Tiflis is the capital of Georgia, also known as Eastern Georgia.

 

23.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Tifashi, Enclyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1992, Volume 12, page 515. Al-Tifashi is a writer of a famous book on gems; he died on 1253 AD.

 

24.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Nizam al-Din, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993, Volume 14, page 112. He is a 16th century Persian historian.

 

25.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Numan, Encoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993, Volume 14, page 180. Al-Numan was an Ismaili religious leader and Fatimid supporter in Egypt, 10th century AD.

 

26.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al Numan bin al-Mundhir, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993,  Volume 14, page 185-6. He was a ruler, 580-602 AD, much knowun to the Arabs.

 

27.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Nubar Pasha (1825-1899 AD), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993, Volume 14, page 201-3. Nubar Pasha was an efficient Egyptian politician.

 

28.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Perim, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993, Volume 14, page 465-66. Perim is an island in Aden.

 

29.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Polai, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1993, Volume 14, page 479. It is the name of an ancient South Spanish fort, where the present small city of Aguilar della Frontera is situated.

 

30.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Baki al-Gharkad, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1994, Volume 15, page 387-8. It is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of al-Medina.

 

31.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Banzart (Bizerta), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1994, Volume 15, page 520-1. Banzart is a city in the north coast of Tunisia. It is associated with Phoenician, Carthaginian, Roman, Byzantine and Muslim history.

 

32.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Balarm/Palermo, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 72-73. Balarm is a city of Sicily.

 

33.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Biblawi Ali ibn Muhammed (1835-1905 AD), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part). He was the 26th Shaykh of al-Azhar.

 

34.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Burku or Kasr Burku, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16(1st part), page 409. It is a ruin in North Jordan, now a small village.

 

35.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Burak al-Sarimi, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16(1st part), page 447-8. He is a man notorius in history for being a party in the plot to kill three people simultaneously on the same day : Ibn Mulzam, Ali Ibn Abu Talib and Muabia Ibn Abu Sufyan. He died on 660 AD.

36.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Burujirdi, Hadjji Aka Husayn Tabatabai (1875-1961 AD), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 455-7. He is considred as the chief religions specialist of Shiite Muslims.

37.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Bender/Bendar, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 527.  It is a city of Beserbia, Russia.

38.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Benavent, Encyclopeadia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 528. Benavent is a medieval city near Sicily with which Mushims became acqauinted in the 9-10th centuries AD.

39.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Benavert of Benaveth, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 528.  He was a Muslim leader who encouraged Arab resistance in Eastern Sicily up to 1086 AD. He was martyred by Frederick II.

40.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Benares also known as Kashi, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 528-9. It is a highly celebrated Hindu and Buddhist religious centre.

41.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Beni (Boni) Mellal, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 529-30. It is a city of Morocco.

42.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Beligh, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16 (1st part), page 543. He was a poet of Turkey who died on 1760 AD.

43.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Beligh, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 16(1st part), page 543. He was a Turkish poet and biographer who died on 1729 AD.

44.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mobweni, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 16 (2nd part), page 153. Mobweni is a city in the East African Coast.

45.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mawlay Ismail, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 16 (2nd part), page 380-3. He was the 2nd ruler of Moroccan dynasty, died 20 March 1727 at the age of 80 after reign of 50 years.

46.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Matla, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 17, page 206-7. The term usually means the rising point of a star.

47.    41. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Matamma, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 17, page 207. It is a town in the Democratic Republic of the Sudan.

48.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Matali, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 17, page 208-9. It means ascensions, an astronomical term.

49.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Maddah, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 17, page 227-30. It is an Arabic/Turkish word meaning writers of poems of praise.

50.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mand, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 17, page 449-450. Mand was a group of people who lived in Sind of present Pakistan during primitive Arab attacks.

51.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Malay, Enoyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 18, page 321-4. It represents a people of South East Asia.

52.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Malahim, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 18, page 326. It deals on  Malhamatu Danial and its commentary; advent of Mahdi, later on fate of various dynasties.

53.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Malul Baya, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 18, page 398. It is a specific Arabic word meaning the money given to Jund during their taking oath for keeping loyal to a new ruler.

54.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Meali, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 35. He was an Uthmani poet of 16 century.

55.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Minurka, Minorca, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 88-9. It is the name of the  easternmost of Balearic Islands, situated 40 km east-north-east Majorka.

 

56.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mishmish, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 185-6. It is apricot, prunus armeniaca, considered for a long time as the national fruit of Armenia.

57.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Misk, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 187-8. It is musk, Moschus moschiferus L., Cervidae; Moschus in vesicis.

58.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Misalla, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 233-5. Literally it means large needle, obelisk. Medieval Arab writers has mentioned with great surprise such architechtures of Ayn Shams, Heliopolis and ancient Egypt.

59.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mikat, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 296-302. It indicates specified or actual time. It has jurisprudential, legal, astrological & astronomical meanings.

60.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mikalis, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 303-5. It indicates an administrator family of Khurashan, Iran, 8th-11th century AD. They were famous in the social and cultural circle of their time.

61.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mir, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 342. It indicates an Arab originated Persian title meaning amir, prince, famous poet, pundit, etc.

62.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mir Akhur, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 342-5. It indicates high officials of the Uthmani empire, they were stable masters of all horses & burden bearing animals of war.

63.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mirza Aziz "Koka", Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 385-7. He was the son of Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great's milk mother Jiji Anagar. He achieved fame in the court, army and administration.

64.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mirza Rafia, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 393. He was a 16th-17th century AD Persian pundit. He was famous for Shiite jurisprudence, theology, literature & philosophy of his time.

65.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Mirzapur, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 393-4. Mirzapur is a district and city of Uttar Pradesh (Erstwhile United Province) of India.

66.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Mukha, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1995, Volume 19, page 574-9. It is a sea port on the Red Sea in the Taizz province of the Republic of Yemen.

67.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Murghab, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 211. Murghab is an Asian river, it originates from Kuh i Hisar mountains of Afghanistan and dries up in Turkmen Province of Russia, Karakum desert, New Marb after flowing 500  miles.

68.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Murjibi Hamid Ibn Muhammad, (Circa 1837-1905), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 213-4.    He was a historical personality of East Asia and Congo.

69.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Murdar, Abu Musa, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 229-30.  The English text of the article was written by H. Daiber in the Encyclopaedia of Islam in English, Leiden, Second Edition.  He was a Mutazili theologist of Baghdad, Iraq. He died in 840-1 AD.

70.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Murra, Banu, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 231-5.  Murra Banu is an Arabian tribal word.

71.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Murakkish, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 255-7. It is the call names of two Arab Poets of jahili era.        

72.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muridiyya, Muridism, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 285-7.  A West African brotherhood, actually it was a branch of Kadiriyya. Its originator was Amadu Bamba, 1856-1926 AD. 

73.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhr, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 540-2.  It is a Persian word meaning inscribed muhr(seal), special muhr of the king or queen or sealed ring. Used in Uthmani Turkey & Muslim Indian empire.

74.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhriz ibn Khalaf, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 20, page 542-4. He was an Wali Allah of Tunis, now also brown as Sidi Mahrez. Born circa 951-2 AD, died 1022 AD.

75.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhammad bin Abul  Saj, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 67-8. He was a 9th century Transoxanian, West Iranian elite personality. His title was al-Afshin.

76.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhammad bin Abi Uyayna (=Abul Minhal), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 69. He was an Abbasid official; Governor of Ray (754-75 AD) during the reign of al-Mansur.

77.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhammad bin Abi Bakar (in French, Ture), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 71-2. He was the founder of Askia dynasty of Songhay. He is usually known as Askia al-Hajj Muhammad. He died on 2 March 1538 AD.

78.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhammad bin Abi Hudhayfa, (7th Century AD).  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 73. He was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (SM). He was born in Abysinia.

79.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhibb Ahmed "Diranas",  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 196-7. He was a Turkish poet and dramatist, born in 1909 at Sinope, died in 1980 in Ankara.

80.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Muhibbi,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 197-9. It indicates a famous family of Damascus (16-17th Century AD). Three people of this family earned fame in literature.

81.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muhimme Daftarlari,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 199-201. It indicates a word of Uthmani Turkish Administration.

82.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Muhillun,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 201. It indicates people who turns illegal things into legal.

83.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Muriyani, Abu Ayyub Sulaiman bin Makhlad, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 202-3. He was the secretary of 2nd Abbasid Caliph al Mansur, 8th century AD.

84.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Muristus or Murtus, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 203-4. Muristus was an ancient Greek writer on musical instruments. His works have been collected in Arabic only.

85.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Medhi,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 274. It was the pseudonym of some Uthmani poets, 16th-17th century AD.

86.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Medihi,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 275. It is the pseudonym of two Uthmani poets, 16th-17th century AD.

87.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Medeniyyet,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 21, page 275-6. The article deals with a mid 19th century political arrangement of the Turks.

88.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Rawyandan (now Turbish Revenda Calesi, Frankish Ravendel, Armenian Areven Tan),  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 142-3. It is a fort in South Syrian borders, known first in 1097 AD during the Crusades.

89.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Rawyandiyya,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 143-5. It indicates an extrimist Shiite Party which originated in Khurashan of Iran in 8th-11th century AD.

90.    84. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Rawyandi, Muhammad bin Ali, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 145-6. He was a Persian historian, calligrapher, and gilder, 12-13th century AD.

91.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Rawyandiz, Ruwyandiyya, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 146-7. It is a city of Kurdi Iraq.

92.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Rana Sanga, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 249-50. He was the ruler (1509-28 AD) of Mebar Kingdom in the borders of Rajasthan & Malwar, India.

93.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ramz (Arabic), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 301-7. It means to wink to mean something, to mean something indirectly, a signal, symbol etc. used to avoid misuse by people who are not well conversant with the text. Almost all the lectures of Plato are full of Ramz. It was also used by Avicenna.

94.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Raml (Arabic), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 307. It means sand, to foretell by topography or earth or by sand.

95.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Ramla, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 307-9.  It is a city of Palestine situated in a coastal plain 40 km/25 miles west-north-west from Jerusalem.

96.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Ramli, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 311-3. He was a great Shafii pundit. Born Cairo 1511 AD.

97.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Ramadi, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 318-20. He was a poet of Muslim Spain, died 1013 AD.

98.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Ar-Ramahurmuzi, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 22, page 322. Ar.Ramahurmuzi was a medieval Arabian, compiled various works on Kadi and Adab. Died 971 AD.

99.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Lutfi Afandi,  Ahmad, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 307-8. He was a writer of the history of Uthmani royal court. Born 1816-17 AD. Besides working in various high positions he worked in Bulgaria to realise arrear taxes in 1849 AD. Died 17 March 1907.

100.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Lutfi Pasha, bin Abdul Muin,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 308-10. Lutfi Pasha was an Uthmani potitician and Prime Minister. Probably of Albanian origin, born circa 1488 AD.

101.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shapur, (=Shabur) Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 466-8. It is a river in the Shapur Khura district of Fars. Also known as Bishaur (2) An ancient town in Shapur Khura district of Fars.

102.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shapur (Persian word, Arabic Sabur),  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 468-73. It deals with several members of Sasanian dynasty, viz Shapur I bin Ardashir, 241-272 AD. Three Persian kings bearing the name were associated with Muslim heritage.

103.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shaybani Khan, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 588-90. He occupied Transoxania in 1500-1501 AD., and reigned there till 1509-10 AD. Born 1451 AD. Died 2 December 1510 AD.

104.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shaybani dynasty, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 590-2. Mongal Prince Shaybani's successors. Even the Siberian kings who were repelled by the Russians in 1594-95 were also Shaybanis.

105. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shaltis (Saltes of Spain), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 632. It was Associated with Muslim history in 1051 AD.

 

106. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Shalyak, (Arabic), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 632-33. It is the name of the or lyre or lira constellation.

107.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Shibli,  Abu Bakr,  Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 705-6. He was a sunni scholar. Born 861 AD. in Baghdad, Iraq. Died  there in 945 AD. He was a Deputy Governor too.

108.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shiblud Dawla, Encyclopaedia of lsam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 710-11. He beacme successor of the city of Aleppo in 1029 AD. Earned fame in history  after winning several wars against the Byzantines.

109.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shibam, Encyclopaedia of lslam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 711-3.  The article is on several very important cities in Southern Arabia.

110.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Shibarghan, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1997, Volume 23, page 713-4. Shibarghan is a city of Northern Afghanistan.

111.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Hadira (cirea early 7th century AD), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 131-2. It was the call name of Arab poet Kutba bin Aws.

112.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Hadi ilal-Hakk, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 132. He was the son of al-Mahdi, royal name of 4th Abbasid Caliph Musa. Ascended to the throne August 785 AD. Died all on a sudden in September 786 AD.

113.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Hadid, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 153. The article means iron.

114.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hadidi, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 154. Hadidi was a 16th century AD Uthmani poet. He wrote a history of poems.

115.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Hadina, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 154-5. Al-Hadina is a region of Southern Arabia.

116.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hafiz Ahmad Pasha, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 188-9. He was an Uthmani Prime Minister, 1632 AD.

117.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hafiz-e-Abru, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 189-90. He was a Persian historian, died 1430 AD.

118.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza al-Isfahani, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 280-82. He was a 10th century AD philologist and historian.

119.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza Beg, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 282. He was a prince of the Ak-Koyunlu dynasty.

120.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza Beg (Imam), Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 282. He was the 2nd Imam of Dagistan, leader of the popular political religious movement called Muridism. He died in 1834 AD.

121.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza Mirza, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 282-3. Hamza Mirza was a prince of the Safabi dynasty. Born Circa  1565-6 AD.

122.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza Hamid Pasha, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 283. Hamza Hamid Pasha was a high official of the Government of Turkey, Born Istanbul circa 1689 AD, died Mecca March-April 1770 AD.

123.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hamza al-Harrnni, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 283-4. It deals with the fore fathers of Banu Hamza, the holders of the position of Nakib al- Ashraf of Damascus for generations. The family is known as al-Nakib. Its members shined during 942-1847 AD.

124.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Harim, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 452. It is a small historical city of North Syria.

125.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Harib, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 452-3. It is a district of South Arabia.

126.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Hijr, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 605-6. It is an ancient ruin in North-West Saudi Arabia.

127.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Hijaz, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 624-9. It is known as the place of origin of Islam and religious centre in Saudi Arabia.

128.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, al-Hijar, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 1996, Volume 25, page 629. It indicates villages established in Saudi Arabia by King Abdul Aziz in 1953 AD. It was to encourage the Bedouins to have a settled life instead of nomadic ones.

129.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hurmuz Ba. Encyclopaedia of Islamic in Bengali, Dhaka  2000, Volume 26, page 140. It depicts of a South Arabian mashaikh family, 16th century AD.

130.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Hurmazan, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, Volume 26 Page 140-2. He was a Persian District Commissioner and General 640-642 AD, captivated   by the Arabs at Tustar and killed by Obaidullah Ibn Omar in Medina, November 644 AD.

131.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hurr., Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, Volume 26 page 142. The article means at liberty, liberal, gentle, etc.

132.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Hurr., al-Amili, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, Volume 26 page 142-43. He was a 17th century scholar adept in history, hadith and a diwan of 20,000 stories.  Born 26 April, 1624 at Mashgar of Jabal Amil, Died at Mashad.

133.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Hurr Abdur Rahman, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, volume 26, page 144-145. He was Governor of Al-Andalus during 716-19 AD., tranferred his government's  capital to Cordova.

134.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Al-Hurr ibn Yazid, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, volume 26, page 145-46. A General of 1000 advance cavalry at Karbala, 2 Oct. 680. He was sent against al-Husayan(r) but later on joined him. His repentance and heroic activities form an important chapter on the famous epic on al-Husayns (r) martyrdom.

135.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Silihdar Hamza Pasha, Encyclopaedia of Islam in Bengali, Dhaka 2000, volume 26, page 826-27. Hamza Pasha was an Uthman Premier, Born Circ 1728-9 AD. at devidi kara Hisar. Served as Governors in Pumelia, Anotalia, Egypt and Canea, and erete. Died Circa 1774 at Gollibolu.

136.Md. Abul Kalam Azad, The late Makkan phase and migration to Madina, in Sirat Biswakosh: The Encyclopaedia of Sirah in Bengali, Dhaka 2004, Volume 9, page 369-432.

ISLAMIC CULTURE IN BANGLADESH

1.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Development of Islamic culture in Bangladesh: some contemporary observations, The Daily Muktasangbad, Nos. 142-  153, Gazipur July 6-17, 2003.

2.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Not seen with eyes open: Context Gazipur 1 to 10, The Daily Muktasangbad Nos. 186 to 212, Gazipur 19 August to 14 September 2003.

 

 

ON PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

3.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Personnel functions and job satisfaction:  a case study of the Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Agriculture (IPSA), Research Abstract, p.47 in the Fifth Annual Research Review, April 30, 1995 of IPSA, Salna, Gazipur-1703.

 

ON BANGLADESH

4.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Outlines of Bangladesh, in Amity, Overseas Students Newsletter, Fukuoka Overseas Students Assocaition (FOSA) Message, Vol. 92-3; June 1992, p. 8 (published simultaneously in English and in Japanese).

5.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, A contemporaty thesis on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University and its suburbs (in Bengali), April 2001.

 

ON DRINKING

6.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Counterparary moral problems deciding about drinking (in Bengali), Reporter vol. 8, No. 38, Dhaka, July 18-24, 1986, page 23.

7.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Contemporary moral problems deciding about drinking (in Bengali), Reporter Vol. 8, No. 40, Dhaka, August 1-6, 1986, page 24-25.

 

 

ON PLASMA PHYSICS

8.       Md. Salimullah, M.R. Amin, A.K. Azad and Amal K. Banerjee, Relativistic excitation of beat waves in a plasma in the presence of an external magnetic field, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste 1987, publication number IC/87/94, p. 1-22.

9.       Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Decay instability of beat waves in a hot magnetized plasma, M.Phil. Thesis of the Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1988, p. 59-72 .

10.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Excitation of a plasma wave by two p-polarized waves at the difference frequency in a plasma, M.Phil. Thesis of the Department of Physics, Jagangirnagar University, Dhaka 1988, p. 74-99.

 

ON DRAMA

 

11.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Dear Bay of Bengal, Satkhira 1971.

 

ON NOVELS

12.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Fire of Love (in Bengali), Satkhira 1970.

13.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Horrors of Separation (in Bengali), Satkhira 1968.  A science fiction.

14.    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, a novel on the Freedom of Animals, Fishes etc, Satkhira & Rajshahi 1970-1975.

SHORT STORIES

15.    Md. Abul Kazlam Azad, Water to Save All, Satkhira 1970 (prize winning short story in English).

16.     A short story in Bangla, Satkhira 1970 (prize winning short story in Bengali, 1970).

17.     Md. Abul Kalam Azad, A short story on a battle in Bulgaria during the Second World War, Dhaka 1975.

 

COLLECTION OF PROVERBS

18.    Collection of hundreds of Bengali proverbs, Satkhira 1965-1970.

 

ON POEMS

19.    Many, in Bengali, Satkhira & Rajshahi 1965-1975.

 Many more, in English, Dhaka 1985-1996.

Personnel Management, University Administration, Plasma physics, Nuclear Physics, Men and Nature of Asia.