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Tungipara Sheikh family
টুঙ্গিপাড়া শেখ মুজিবের পরিবার
Residence of Sheikh family in Tungipara, Gopalganj (Beside Mausoleum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman)
Current regionBangladesh
United Kingdom
United States
FoundedEarly 18th Century
FounderSheikh Abdul Awal
MembersSee below
DistinctionsPolitical prominence within the Bangladesh Awami League, Labour Party (UK) and Bangladesh Jatiya Party
Estate(s)Tungipara Sheikh Bari

Tungipara Sheikh family (Bengali: টুঙ্গিপাড়া শেখ পরিবার, romanized: Ṭuṅgipāṛā śēkha paribāra) of Tungipara is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families, other being the Zia family. The family primarily consists of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana and their relatives.[1] Their political involvement has traditionally revolved around the Bangladesh Awami League.[2][3][4][5]

Family origin

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Old residence of the family

The first member of the Tungipara Sheikh family to come to Bengal was Sheikh Abdul Awal Darwish. Sheikh Abdul Awal was born in a suburb of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. During the early eighteenth century, Sheikh Abdul Awal had travelled to Chittagong to pursue business and to promote Islam in the region of Bengal, similar to that of the founders of other Sheikh families of Bengal. Sheikh Abdul Awal had preached in Chittagong for many years, until he went to Sonargaon for business and started preaching there. He married into the Khandakar family of Kandirpar, Faridpur, later his son Sheikh Zahiruddin also married into this family. Many years later, Sheikh Zahiruddin moved to Kolkata with his son Sheikh Jan Mahmud, since their wholesale business was based there. Sheikh Jan Mahmud's son, Sheikh Borhanuddin, continued to run that wholesale business and eventually shifted back to East Bengal.

He married a girl from the Kazi family of Tungipara and permanently settled there. The Tungipara Sheikh family are related to a Sheikh family of Kolkata, a member of that family being Sheikh Assimuddin, the Kandirpar Sheikh family and a Sheikh family in Sonargaon as a result of these relocations.[6][7] Sheikh Borhanuddin had a son named Sheikh Ekramullah, who in turn had two sons: Sheikh Wasimuddin and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir. Sheikh Mohammad Zakir had three sons: Sheikh Abdul Majid, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, and Sheikh Abdul Rashid. Sheikh Abdul Hamid was the father of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman while his wife, Sayera Khatun, was the daughter of his father's brother, Sheikh Abdul Majid. Their son was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who married his third-cousin Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, great-granddaughter of Sheikh Wasimuddin (his great-grandfather Sheikh Zakir's brother). Sheikh Mujib and Begum Mujib's daughter, Sheikh Hasina, married M. A. Wazed in 1968.[6]

Family tree

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Family of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

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Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSheikh Fazilatunnesa[a]
Sheikh HasinaM. A. WazedSheikh KamalSultana KamalSheikh Jamal[b]Parveen Jamal RosySheikh Rehana[c]Shafiq Ahmed SiddiqSheikh Russel
Kristine O. WazedSajeeb WazedSaima WazedKhandakar Masrur HossainTulip Siddiq
  1. ^ Begum Mujib and Sheikh Mujib were paternal third-cousins as both their great-grandfathers were brothers.
  2. ^ Sheikh Jamal’s father was the eldest brother of Khadijah Hossain Lily, the mother of his wife Parveen Jamal Rosy. Therefore they were first-cousins.
  3. ^ Sheikh Rehana is sister-in-law to Tarique Ahmed Siddique and niece-in-law to Ivy Rahman & President Zillur Rahman

Family of Sheikh Fatema Begum

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Sheikh Fatema Begum
Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury[a]Sheikh Feroza Begum
Liton ChowdhuryNixon ChowdhuryMuntarin Chowdhury[b]
Nazora Chowdhury
  1. ^ Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury’s wife is the daughter of Sheikh Asia Begum, his mother’s sister. Therefore they were first-cousins.
  2. ^ Muntarin Chowdhury was married to Nixon Chowdhury until her death from falling from her apartment roof in 2014.

Family of Sheikh Asia Begum

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Sheikh Asia Begum
Sheikh Fazlul Haque ManiArzu MoniSheikh Fazlul Karim SelimSheikh Reba RahmanNaziur Rahman ManzurSheikh Feroza Begum[a]Ilias Ahmed ChowdhurySheikh Sultana RekhaOmor Faruk ChowdhurySheikh Fazlur Rahman MarufSanijda Rahman
Sheikh Fazle Noor TaposhSheikh Fazle Shams ParashSheikh Fazle FahimAndaleeve Rahman Partho[b]Sheikh Shaira RahmanLiton ChowdhuryNixon ChowdhuryMuntarin Chowdhury[c]Ishtiaq Ahmed ChowdhuryMuqtadir Ahmed ChowdhuryAbid Chowdhury
Nazora Chowdhury
  1. ^ Feroza Begum’s husband is the son of Sheikh Fatema Begum, her mother’s sister. Therefore they were first-cousins.
  2. ^ Andaleeve Rahman Partho's maternal grandmother, Sheikh Asia Begum, was the sister of his wife’s paternal grandfather Sheikh Abu Naser. Therefore they are second-cousins.
  3. ^ Muntarin Chowdhury was married to Nixon Chowdhury until her death from falling from her apartment roof in 2014.

Family of Sheikh Amena Begum and Abdur Rab Serniabat

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Sheikh Amena BegumAbdur Rab Serniabat
Baby SerniabatAbul Hasanat AbdullahShahanara AbdullahMonju SerniabatHabiba SerniabatBeauty SerniabatRina SerniabatAbul Khair AbdullahArif Serniabat
Sukanto Abdullah BabuSerniabat Sadiq Abdullah

Family of Sheikh Abu Naser and Begum Razia Naser Dolly

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Sheikh Abu NaserBegum Razia Naser Dolly
Sheikh JewelSheikh HelalRupa ChowdhurySheikh RubelSheikh SohelSheikh TahminaSheikh FarhanaSheikh Belal
Ifrah Tonmoy[a]Sheikh TonmoySheikh Shaira Rahman[b]Andaleeve Rahman
  1. ^ Ifrah was married to Sheikh Tonmoy until their divorce
  2. ^ Sheikh Shaira Rahman's paternal grandfather, Sheikh Abu Naser was the brother of Andaleeve Rahman's grandmother Sheikh Asia Begum. Therefore they are second-cousins.

Family of Khadijah Hossain Lily and ATM Syed Hossain

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Khadijah Hossain LilyATM Syed Hossain
Shelly Zaman[a]Hamida Wadud PolyMA WadudHabiba ZamanShahaduz ZamanATM Siddique HossainRaju HossainParveen Jamal Rosy[b]Sheikh Jamal
Jawadur Rahim WadudDipu MoniHasanuzzaman
  1. ^ ex-ambassador to Spain
  2. ^ Parveen Jamal Rosy’s mother was the youngest sister of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of her husband Sheikh Jamal. Therefore they were first-cousins.

Extended family & in-laws

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mujibur Rahman Family". Britannica. 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ Amundsen, Inge (November 2013). "Dynasty or Democracy? Party politics in Bangladesh" (PDF). CMI Brief. Vol. 12, no. 6. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ Derichs, Claudia; Thompson, Mark R. (2013). Dynasties and Female Political Leaders in Asia: Gender, Power and Pedigree. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-3-643-90320-4.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh shaken by war of the dynasties". The Independent. Dhaka. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ^ "In Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina settles scores". The Economist. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b Haque Khoka, Mominul (1998). অস্তরাগের স্মৃতি সমুজ্জ্বল : বঙ্গবন্ধু, তাঁর পরিবার ও আমি (in Bengali). Dhaka: Shahitya Prakash. p. 24.
  7. ^ Milton, Dr Abul Hasnat (17 October 2023). Sheikh Hasina: The Making of an Extraordinary South Asian Leader. Balboa Press. ISBN 978-1-9822-9828-9.
  8. ^ Haque Khoka, Mominul (1998). অস্তরাগের স্মৃতি সমুজ্জ্বল : বঙ্গবন্ধু, তাঁর পরিবার ও আমি (in Bengali). Dhaka: Shahitya Prakash. p. 24.
  9. ^ "Chairman | FIU". www.fiu.edu.bd. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Sheikh Nadir reelected Milk Vita chairman". New Age. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Bangobondhu". bangobondhu.org. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Bangabandhu's cousin Mominul Haque dies". Dhaka Tribune. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. ^ "My Bank - About Us". Bangladesh Commerce Bank.
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