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Also known as Syed Mīr Nisār ʿAlī, Syed Mir Nisar Ali

Syed Mir Nisar Ali (27 January 1782 – 19 November 1831), better known as Titumir, was one of the first Bengali-speaking revolutionaries in British India who developed a strand of Islamic revivalism, sometimes also for Bengali nationalism coupled with agrarian and political consciousness. He is famed for having built a large bamboo fort to resist the British, which passed into Bengali Muslim folk legend.

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Key facts

Religious biography.religion
Sunni Islam
Religious biography.name
Titumir Syed Mir Nasir Ali
Religious biography.image
File:Syed Mir Nisar Ali (Titumir).jpg
Religious biography.birth_place
Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Religious biography.death_place
Narikelbaria, Bengal Presidency, British India
Religious biography.other_names
Titumir
Religious biography.known_for
Titumir's rebellion
Religious biography.influences
Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi, Shah Ismail Dehlvi, Shah Jalal
Religious biography.main_interests
Islamic revivalism,Separatism,Jihad,Fiqh
Religious biography.jurisprudence
Hanafi
Religious biography.influenced
Almost all Bengali-speaking Separatist and Islamic Revivalist movements (including Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir, Intifada Bangladesh, Mukti Bahini, Bangladesh Liberation war, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami)
Religious biography.title
MujaddidHafiz MujahidShaykhBadshah
Religious biography.movement
Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Early life
  • Religious-political activism
  • Islamic resurgence
  • Confrontation with zamindars
  • Confrontations with the Company and Zamindars
  • State declaration
  • Final battle
  • Contemporary reception
  • Legacy
  • References

Syed Mir Nisar Ali (27 January 1782 – 19 November 1831), better known as Titumir, was one of the first Bengali-speaking revolutionaries in British India who developed a strand of Islamic revivalism, sometimes also for Bengali nationalism coupled with agrarian and political consciousness. He is famed for having built a large bamboo fort to resist the British, which passed into Bengali Muslim folk legend.

Titumir was ranked number 11 in the BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of All Time.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Titumir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.