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Pir Dewanbagi of Dewanbagh Durbar Sharif in the capital’s Arambagh has been buried after receiving an honor guard as a heroic freedom fighter. He was buried with his wife in Medina Dewanbagh Sharif behind the Bangladesh Bank in Motijheel on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, Janazah was held in Arambagh around 2.30pm.
According to a press release on Tuesday, Dewanbagi Pir fought valiantly against Pak’s attacking forces as the Commander of the 3rd Platoon in the 1971 War of Independence. At the end of the war he served as a religion teacher in the 17th Bengal Regiment of the army. He subsequently established a total of 11 courts and more than 100 khanqahs in different countries of the world, including Bangladesh.
He passed away around 7.45am on Monday. He was 80 years old. He suffered a stroke at his home Monday morning. He was later transferred to United Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
According to the information provided on the Dewanbagh Darbar website, Dewanbagi Pir’s name is Mahbub-e-Khoda. However, he is known as ‘Dewanbagi’. He was born on December 14, 1949 in the Bahadurpur village of Ashuganj upazila in Brahmanbaria. His father’s name was Syed Abdur Rashid Sardar.
Mother Syeda Jobeda Khatun. He is the youngest of six brothers and two sisters. He studied from Karimia Alia Madrasa in Talshahar to Fazil.
Dewanbagi Pir took the bayat from Abul Fazal Sultan Ahmed Chandrapuri, the founder of Chandrapara Darbar in Faridpur. After that, Dewanbagi married his daughter Hamida Begum. Because of this, he obtained the caliphate from his father-in-law.
A few days later, he built a dormitory at a place called Dewanbagh in Narayanganj port and began to introduce himself as the Sufi emperor. Little by little, his followers continue to grow. At one point, Dewanbagi carried out activities at 147 Arambagh in Motijheel with a permanent court.
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