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Dilly Meah Muscian and composer of Sufi Baul fusion music




Dilly Meah Autobiography and background of Business,

Ever since my childhood, all things rhythmic
fascinated me. At the age of eighteen, I finally embarked on a journey to fulfil my childhood
yearning for music: I released my fusion composition album NIGHT IN BENGAL in 2002.

My love of instruments such as one string ektara as well as Tabla resonates with my soul, have made me write as well as compose the song Nishiraath and Dim-ta-nana Nana in Raga Malkaush scale for the fusion album: Night in Bengal.
The song Dere Dere Chal, lyrics as well as compositions are done in the Blues scale; and I sang the song Guru on Raga Darbari
scale. Apart from this album, I continue to compose music and write songs.

The language of my music is universal as well as being egalitarian and an ornament of all civilisation's, also the connectivity of mankind towards monotheism, one God, one man, one music: the Sufi Sama Music has an influence on me and leisurely have sunk me deep into the essence of rhythm; which is to establish a direct relationship with the human heartbeat, by playing the rhythmic cycle according to the pulse to be inclined towards mysticism and service to 

World music was sung by the single tone or the root-key of musical instrument. Composers have been constantly yearning for heavenly harmonic tunes and experiencing
the inventiveness of lovepassion, affectionworshipemotion, and sentiments through
 their music.

Through years of practise instrumentalists, composers and musicologists have discovered octaves and they've discovered the Natural scale to a Chromatic scale, which currently covers all World music styles.

It is that the climates’ transforms the landscape and its inhabitants in addition to formed different shapes of musiclanguagefashionfood, and natural inhabitant. It is always the lyricism's
that shapes the tunes and causes players to play their instruments in a likeness to their own languagehttp://caribem.hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-Oldest-Musical-Instruments


Born in Akbar-kutir, commonly known as Master-bari of West Tilak also spelt Tilok the neighbouring village Shaharpara where the noble family originated from the early 14th centuries. There are the shrines of my ancestor's Hazrat Shah Kamal predecessor of twelve Sufi saints of Sylhet Division as well as the Spiritual World of Sufism (the way to God). Except, the tomb of Hazrat Pir Kallu Shah (RA) is in AzimabadPatnaBihar Province, in India and his family including his wife and sons are located in Shaharpara.             

The ancestry can be traced back to four millennia the clan of the Quraysh tribe of Arabs the children of Abraham. In Islamic tradition, Prophet Ibrahim Khalilullah

(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is considered a  prophet of Islam, an ancestor of Muhammad, (peace be upon him) through Hazrat Ismail (peace be upon himIshmael the firstborn son of Abraham from the second wife also ancestor of QurayshHagar Also called Bibi Hajra the mother of Ismail (Ishmael), To the blessing of the Zamzam well which God gave to Hagar and Ishmael Zamzam well  Muslims run between the Safa and Marwah hills retracing Hagar’s steps on her search for water, during the rites of Hajj.[30] Thus where are the family legacy links like most of the Awliyas (Sufi saints) biological the clan of the Quraysh tribe were a powerful merchant tribe that controlled Makkah and its Kaaba the Tribes of ArabiaSylhetChittagongMaldaPanduaWest BengalBangladeshIndiaSindhPunjabLahorePakistanMultan, Afghanistan, Burma, IndonesiaMalaysiaSingaporeChinaTurkeyAsia and rest of the world also the noble family legacy can be stretches to backup the Muslim era as well as supporting the Muslim governance's of the Sultan (King) Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) who invades Sylhet part of Assam in 1303 CE and ruled up to 1347 CE. The monarch Hazrat Shah Jalal ruled Sylhet until his death 1346 or 1347 or even 1350 CE, birth and death of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) were unclear but at the time of his death, he was around hundred and fifty. In 1345 A.D. Muhammad Ibn Battuta visited Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) and was a guest for three days at his lodge in Sylhet. At one stage he mentioned to Ibn Battuta when Caliph Al-Mu'tasim Billah the ‘Abbasid in Baghdad (left) imprisons among his treasures to starve him to death by Hulagu Khan (Genghis Khan's grandson) at that time he was there in the city. Later on, his companions told me he died at the age of a hundred and fifty. Sylhet which is an ancient name is also known as Silhat Sil (stone) hat (marketplace) it was an independent Kingdom Srihatta Rajya in the 12th century in the mid-medieval period of India. Khanda Kamarupa ("portion of Kamarupa", i.e. Sylhet) was divided into three parts amongst the three brothers Ladduka, Gudaaka and Jayantaka who were children of Gunhaka and the divided kingdoms were known after their names as Lauda (Laur) Gauda (Gaur) and the Jayantia (Jaintia) respectively. These three parts together made up "Khanda Kamrupa" i.e. what is now Sylhet. Which was ruled by a tribal chieftain Gaur Govind or Gor Govinda or Gor Govindo under the Gaur Kingdom or Gor Kingdom and predominately inhabited by the tribal people of Mongoloid origin, Govinda himself was from a Tribe called ‘Tepra’ of the Tripura State of India in Southeast Asia. Later in 1947 Sylhet became a part of East Pakistan and consequently Bangladesh in 1971. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Bangladesh)

Sikandar Khan Ghazi or Shah Sikandar Khan Ghazi the army commander and direct maternal nephew of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah who attempted twice and failed to take Gaur Govinda (also spelt Gor Govind or Gour Gobinda or Gur Govind) into the presence of his SultanAt about the same time a renowned saint, Hazrat Shah Jalal ‘Mujarred’ of Yemen (Arabia), was on his way to Sylhet at the instance of his spiritual guide at Mecca. When he was in Delhi Hazrat Nizamud-Din Aulia invited him to stay with him. When he left Delhi 
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya gave him two pairs of rarer dark colour pigeons, the species of which are still found in Sylhet and Cachar districts and is called Jalali pigeon (Jalali kobutor). He met the army of Sikandar Shah returning, having been defeated by Raja Gaur Govind. By this time Hazrat Shah Jalal followers had increased in number from 313 to 360. He persuaded Sikandar Shah to make another attempt on Sylhet. "I am come to destroy the villain to establish Islam, so your Sylhet-victory may come with me if you want to do." A fresh battle ensued and Gaur Govind was a defeat, and Sylhet fell to the combined army. Hazrat Shah Jalal entered Sylhet and settled there with all his followers. The first act of Mujahid was to hoist the green flag of Islam with the Crescent and Star on it on the Hindu Commander-in-Chief's castle on the hill. [After defeating the ruler of the area] all the region fell into the hands of the conquerors of the spiritual and the material worlds. Shaikh [Jalal] Mujarrad, making a portion for everybody, made it their allowance and permitted them to get married.” Many respectable Muslims of Sylhet are descendants of Hazrat Shah Jalal's Assam and Bengal. The graveyard of the saint, Hazrat Shah Jalal, is looked upon as a holy place of pilgrimage which is visited every day by hundreds of people both Muslims and non-Muslims. Sylhet was also known as the Silhat Sil (stone) hat (market place) Silhattait was an independent Kingdom Srihatta Rajya in the 12th century. In the late medieval period of India, it was ruled by a chieftain Gour Gobinda under the Gaur Kingdom and predominately inhabited by the tribal people of Mongoloid origin. Govinda or Gobinda himself was from a Tribe called ‘Tepra’ of Tripura, the state of India Southeast Asia. Later in 1947, Sylhet became a part of East Pakistan as a result of a referendum and then consequently Bangladesh in 1971 and also left behind three districts namely CacharKarimganj and also Hailakandi with Assam the State of IndiaBangladesh Liberation Warcompose a song that based on a journey of my ancestor history passing within the family by generation to generations in and around greater Sylhet. The greatest historical mighty family existent brought the name: Shaharpara where Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa or Qahtan arrived by boat with his Arabian wife three sons one daughter and twelve Sufi saints from Mecca in Saudi ArabiaPersia via Bihar of India.
(Picture of Shaharpara Shah Kamal High School and the National Martyrs' Memorial in Kunabone of ShaharparaBangladesh in Shaharpara

According to the instruction of the Sultan
Hazrat Shahjalal his journey ended up in the periphery of West Tilak (the tilak-mark of Kings) by the riverbank of Ratna nodi, JagannathpurSunamganjBangladesh, since its land became Shafahar (Shah's embankment) or Shah ar parr or Shah ar para Shah's hill or Shah's river-bank or Shah's residence or Shah's footstep or even Shah's inhabitance) ''SHAHARPARA'' (Royal Neighbourhoodapproximately three an acre of high rise land which was a small 
Island, the colour of the soil is a different colour than the surrounding earth where the dirt 
matched with the adequate colour given by his paternal as well as maternal uncle the Sultan
Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) concluded his final destination and then he founded MosqueEidgahMadrasah, Saathduaree or Saathduari (seven doors) for meditation and a Khanqah (where people from all walks of life and faiths were feeds, Sufi hospice also performed Sufi forms of dhikrmeditation and celebration of the divine). On the sites, there is a prayer stone of Hazrat Shah Kamal (RA) which is still preserved with his hands and footprints which are now cemented. On the site of the prayer stone, there is a stone called the mother stone aka Black 'Milk' Stone which is used to giving birth to a stone and also can feed it milk. The people bring the milk when their cattle first started milking and then poured it on the top of the stone. These stones were different in colour and shapes than, normal stones. Sometimes the children put stones beside these stones which don’t match the colour or grow where these stones grow daily. There are seven stones, each of them is different in size i.e. from size 1 to 7. When a stone grows to a size bigger than the seventh stone it will levitate and hover in the air at night and then give birth to a new stone. One night around the 1980s, the mother stone disappeared from its place. Later on, it was found in the Mukam Mosque pond. When the pond needed to be redressed, the water was drained out and then the mother stone was found and brought back to its actual place and has since been cemented of the ground of mother. A jali wall was erected which surrounds the mother stone. The following day, the northern wall was found with a hole above the ground, which was roughly the size of the mother stone, but now the stone has stopped giving birth and now it remains as a single stone. Later it was heard the mother stone was pushed into the Masjid pond by someone who pays the consequence before his death; vomiting blood. Within the precinct of Dargah of Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa (RA), there is a water tank wherein the occasion of marriage or a mass gathering for funerary performance, which is called Shini. The meaning of Shini is the ceremony celebrating for the deceased which is provided with food to the congregations and making Dua (terminology in Islam for asking God for the mercy of the death) for the deceased soul. Simply ask the Imam of the Dargah Mosque or by yourself, you could write into the banana leaf for the food catering supplies, the numbers of plates and drinking cups you need for the event and then submit it in the tank. At the time of the requirement, those golden plates and drinking cups were floating in the tank by the Ghat (a series of steps leading down to a body of water). On one occasion one of the maids, hide one of the plates into the cow dung manure. When they return the food, catering supplies back to the tank it was not submerging into the water and it was floating around the tank. The maid was so frightened that she has acknowledged that she had hide one plate into the cow manure. When the plate was returned to the tank a whole lot of the supplies submerge into the water for the last time and never returns again. The golden supplies of food catering utensils were only for the descendants of Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa. This is the oral story told by the elder of the family and it has been told by the generations to a generation. Shrines of Hazrat Shah Kamal Qahtan besides his Arabian Sultan Hazrat Sahib, the national historical heritage sites of PersiansArabsIndianPakistani and Bangladeshi in Shaharpara proper from the 14th century CE).
Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafah also spelt Hazrat Shah Kamal-ud-Din or Hazrat Shah Kamal Uddin (RA) commonly known as Hazrat Shah Kamal (RA) the titles of Quhafa, Quhafah, Qattani, Qahtan,  Qahtani derives from its founder  Adnan ancestor of the Adnanite as well as ''Arab' descent from Adnan to Muhammad. Hazrat Shah Kamal Qahtan progeny of Adnan commonly known as Hazrat Shah Kamal (RA) descendant of Hazrat Khwaja Shah Burhanuddin Quhafa commonly known as Hazrat Khwaja Shah Burhanuddin Qahtan or Qattal Shah who was the offspring of Hazrat Abu Bakr
(RA) (Radhiyallaho Anho) was born in Mecca sometime in 573 CE, to a rich family in the Banu Taym[18] clan of the Quraysh tribe. Abu Bakr's father's name was Uthman Abu Quhafa (nicknamed Abu Quhafa) and his mother was Salma Umm-ul-Khair (nicknamed Umm-ul-Khair).

(Seasonal flooding picture of Ratna nodi which transformed the majestic landscape into the water world, crossing view of East river-bank Kunabone periphery of West Tilak behind Sarang-bari or Shahrong-bari, Westside river-bank front of School-bari via Nagarkana Mirpur Mouza, Shah Kamal Islamia Madrasa of Shaharpara "nowadays" remain as a small canal, the national historic heritage sites of Sunamganj)



The lineage of Abu Bakr joined that of Muhammad in the eighth degree in their common ancestor Murrah ibn Ka'b.

The lineage of Abu Bakr was: Abu Bakr; the son of Uthman Abu Quhafa; the son of Amar; the son of Umru; the son of Kaab; the son of Saad; the son of Taym; the son of Murrah.


The lineage of Muhammad was: Muhammad; the son of Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib; the son of Abdul Muttalib; the son of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf; the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai; the son of Qusai ibn Kilab; the son of Kilab ibn Murrah; the son of Murrah.[18]


570 CE – Muhammad  545 CE –   Abd Allah 497 CE – Abd al-Muttalib 464 CE – Hashim 439 CE – `Abd Manaf 406 CE – Qusai373 CE – Kilab 340 CE – Murrah 307 CE – Ka'ab 274 CE – Lu'ayy 241 CE – Ghalib 208 CE – Fihr 175 CE – Malik 142 CE – an-Nadr 109 CE – Kinanah 76 CE – Khuzaimah 43 CE – Mudrikah 10 CE – Elias 23 BCE – Mudar 56 BCE – Nizar 89 BCE – Ma'ad 122 BCE – Adnan


Abu Bakr was a thin man with white skin.[19] Tabari relates (Suyuti also relates the same through Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi's report) from Aisha her description of Abu Bakr:


                                                 The First Tomb in Islam


 (Early Illustration)
a. Prophet’s mihrab 
b. Aisha b. Abu Bakr’s RA residence
c. Hafsa b. Umar’s RA residence
d. Zainab b. Jahsh’s RA residence (not pictured)
e. Zainab b. Kuzayma’s RA) residence (not pictured)
f. Fatima’s RA residence (not pictured)
g. Baab-Uthman b. Affan RA
h. Ahlul Suffa Residence
i. Juwayriya’s RA residence (not pictured)
j. Rumla’s RA residence (not pictured)
k. Saffiya’s RA residence (not pictured)
l. Baab-ul-Rahma
m. Abu Bakr’s RA residence
n. Sa’d b. Abi Waqaas RA residence (not pictured)
o. al-Abbas b. Abdul Muttalib RA (Prophet’s SAWS uncle) residence
p. Jafar b. Abi Sadiq
Source: The Madinah Research & Study Centre, Al Madinah Al Munawara



The Blessed Grave of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is "INSIDE" room of the house of Ayesha (ra)
The Second Tomb in Islam
Grave of Sayyidna Abu Bakr (RA) is in a room of the house of Ayesha (ra) buried next to Prophet (Peace be upon him)
The Third Tomb in Islam
Grave of Sayyidna Umar Ibnul Khattab (ra) is in a room of the house of Ayesha (ra) buried next to Prophet (Peace be upon him) and Abu Bakr (ra)
So it was a practice of Sahaba to bury Prophet (PBUH) and Caliphs not openly but inside a Room or in other words a "CONSTRUCTED SHRINE"

Nowadays the offspring's of Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) can be found in the four corners of the world.


Hazrat Khwaja Shah Burhanuddin Quhafa was a great commander as well as the great companion and brother-in-law who shared a haplotype of the greatest Sufi saint of Bangladesh Hazrat Shahjalal administrator of Jalalabad (king of greater Sylhet).



Hazrat Khwaja Shah Burhanuddin Qahtan (RA) led an expedition to Chittagong accompanied by Hazrat Shah Badruddin (RA) under the instruction and leadership of the Monarch Hazrat Makhdoom (teacher of sunnah) Shaikh-al-Mushaek (great scholar) Shah Jalal ad-Din al-Mujarrad (bachelor) bin Mahmoud al-Yemeni (rah) (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) (born King remains, lifelong bachelor,, lifelong bachelor,). 
He was a son of a Muslim cleric, Hazrat Mahmoud bin Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi (rah) who was a contemporary of the Persian poet and Sufi saint, Hazrat Mowlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi (RA). And his mother’s name was Fatima Saida (Syeda) Hasina who was a descendant of the great Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) (Radhiyallaho Anho). His maternal uncle, Hazrat Saiyid Ahmed Kabir Suhrawardi (RA), nourished him on the milk of cattle.
(Tomb of the Sultan (King) Hazrat Shah Jalal of Sylhet the national pre-historical heritage sites of India, TurkishArabsPersianYemeni, IndianAssamese and Bangladeshi
from the 14th century CE, in Dargah Mahallah Sylhet Bangladesh)


Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa had three sons, namely Hazrat Shah Jalal-Ud-Din Qureshi (RA), commonly known as Boro Miyah Sahib (eldest), Hazrat Shah Muazzam-Ud-Din Qureshi (RA), commonly known as Maizla Miyah Sahib (second) and Hazrat Shah Jamal-Ud-Din Qureshi (RA), Choto Miyah Sahib (youngest).


After the conquest of Sylhet in 1303 by Muslims and aid of 360 Sufi saints under the spiritual guidance of the messianic saint, the Hazrat Mahkdoom Shah jalal-ad-Deen Shaikh-ul-Mashaik al-Mujarrad bin Mahmoud Al-Yemeni (RA) the first Muslim Sultan (king) the legacy of Quraysh tribe of Arabs ruled over Greater Sylhet as well as being the authenticity of Islam's Royal legacy arrived in Sylhet the city of Bangladesh by the Royal descent of Arabs. Arab conquestshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jalal

(Original Mausoleum the Bengali Muslim meaning is everlasting home address is Kobor (Grave) has been destroyed in the historical earthquake 12 June 1897 of Sultan of Iqlim-i-muazzamabad) (Shrine of the Sultan Hazrat Shah Muazzam Uddin Qureshi or Hazrat Shah Muazzam-Ud-Din Qureshi (RA), on the bank of Bhuiyair-barir (lord of the soil) Kal (canal), Bhuiyair-barir kal, from the early 14th century CE, administrator of (Iqlim-e-muazzamabad, of ShaharparaJagannathpurSunamganjSylhetBangladesh the national historical heritage sites of ancient Arabs & Persian in  Shaharpara Muftir (interpreter of Muslim law) Chawk (Ilse) "Mufti" means jurist and Muftir Chawk was the home of lawyers of Muazzamabad, on the bank of Bhuiyair-barir Kal or khal (canal) links to Shah Kamal Road or Mukam Road or Dargah Road or Raj-alle road off Shaharpara Syedpur main Road)

Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafah
(Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu) brought the entire Kingdom of Laur Kingdom or Lour kingdom or loud kingdom or 'Larh' (La'urh) kingdom under his control within a decade with the aid of his twelve disciples and the State of (Iqlim-e-moazzamabad), which was established by the Sultan Hazrat Shah Muazzam Uddin Qureshi (RA) and ruled the entire district from Shaharpara in the early 14th century CE. The state of Muazzamabad was independent, between the early fourteenth century to the mid-eighteenth century until the Mughal of Delhi conquered in 1638 CE. Hazrat Shah Kamal Qahtan was a direct descendant of the first Caliph Hazrat Abu Bakr (Radiallahu 'anhu) was the ruler of Rashidun Caliphate and was the successor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Sallahu alaihi wassalam) the King of Kings.
http://www.lged.gov.bd/DistrictLGED.aspx?DistrictID=64
Lineage and Title of
Abu Bakr's full name was 'Abd Allah ibn 'Uthman ibn Aamir ibn Amr ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Taym(from whom the at-Taymi al-Quraishi) ibn Murrah ibn Ka'ab ibn Lu'ai ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr al-Quraishi.[6] In Arabic, the name 'Abd Allah' means "servant of Allah". One of his early titles, preceding his conversion to Islam, was atiqe, "the saved one". Muhammad later reaffirmed this title when he said that Abu Bakr is the 'atiqe' (the one saved from hellfire by God).[7] He was called 'Al-Siddiq' (the truthful')[2] by Muhammad after he believed him in the event of Isra and Mi'raj when other people didn't, and Ali confirmed that title several times.[8] He was mentioned in the Quran as the "second of the two who lay in the cave" in reference to the event of hijra, with Muhammad where they hid in the cave in Jabal Thawr from the Meccan search party that was sent after them, thus being one of few who was given the direct reference to in the Quran.[9] Imam Jafar al Sadiq famously narrated how the title Siddiq was given to Abu Bakr from Muhammad.[10][11] He was also a direct descendant of Abu Bakr from his maternal side, as well as being a paternal descendant of Ali from his father's side. Jafar al-Sadiq was also the successor of the Naqshbandi Sufi order originating from Abu Bakr himself.[12][13][14][15][16] Imam Muhammad al Baqir, the father of Imam Jafar Sadiq also called Abu Bakr with the title Siddiq.[17]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr                                                                                                  

The posterity of Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa have mainly extended to five legendary families of Jagannathpur, Sunamganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh and along Shaharpara has three families one of which is known as Mullah family commonly known as Mullah Goshty descended from Sultan Shah Jalal-Ud-Din Qureshi who was chief justice of Muazzamabad. "Mullah" means theologian or cleric and Mullahbadi was the home of scholars of the State of Muazzamabad. Mullahbari from which the residential home "Mullahgosty" is derived which is also the clan name. Shahzir Goshty descended from Sultan Shah Muazzam-Ud-Din Qureshi, "Shah" means King and Ji is a postfix indicating respect; therefore, Shah + Ji = Shahji and Shahjibadi was the home of the reigning king (sultan) of Muazzamabad. Shahjirbari which is the residential home "Shahjirgosty" is derived which is also the clan name. Baglar family commonly known as Bogla Goshty descended from Sultan Shah Jamal-Ud-Din Qureshi who was the commander-in-chief and also was a chief chancellor. "Baglar" means wealth, jewel or treasure, Baglarbadi was the home of the treasury of Muazzamabad. Qureshi family in Patli moved from "Mullahgosty" established by Hazrat Maulana Shah Shams-Ud-Din Qureshi or Hazrat Maulana Shah Shamsuddin Qureshi they are commonly known as Qureshi's of Patli progeny of Sultan Shah Jalal-Ud-Din Qureshi. Hazrat Maulana Shah Zia-Ud-Din Qureshi Mufti or Hazrat Mawlana Shah Zia Uddin Mufti who was from "Mullahgosty" established the Mufti's family in Dargah Mahallah they are commonly known as Muftis of Sylhet pedigree of Sultan Shah Jalal-Ud-Din Qureshi.

In an eclectic thought of clan members formed the very distinguished families that known as Kamalies of Shaharpara Qureshis of Patli and Muftis of Sylhet, Qureshi, Khwaja, Shah, Siddiqui, Mufti and Kamaly or Kamali are the surnames variably used by the descendants of Hazrat Shah Kamal Qahtan.


(Picture caption of Shah Kamal Eidgah the national prehistorical heritage sites of Sunamganj Sylhet Bangladesh in Shaharpara proper from the early 14th century CE).

Out of the three historian families of Shaharpara, JagannathpurSunamganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh, one of them is being Bogla Goshty (part of the clan popularly known for wears white clothes, characteristics of the aristocracy or purity of Islam's royal legacy in Shaharpara originated from the early fourteenth century. The orthodox Muslim historical family house Bogla-bari from which residential home is derived the name ''Boglagosty'' (Treasury home of Muazzamabad). Which is the history of Shaharpara is similar to the clan of the Quraysh- the tribe of Arabia. The reigning Sultan of ''Muazzamabad'' Sultan Shah Muazzam-ud-Din Qureshi's residential home was ''Shahjirbari'' the home of King where the noble family originally started from the early fourteenth century, the northern sides ''Mullahbari'' the home of a theologian from which residential home derived the name ''Mullahgosty'' and southern sides ''Baglarbari'' the treasury home of Muazzamabad. During the second time of separation of the legendary historical mighty noble family approximately between the end of the fifteenth to the early sixteenth centuries. Later the noble family extension from ''Mullahgosty'' party of the family moved to Sylhet where they are called Mufti family of Sylhet. The member of Mullahgosty Mawlana Shah Shams-Ud-Din Qureshi moved to Patli where they are called the Qureshi family of Patli. Then again part of the family moved to School-bari it was a newly created home approximately six-seven acres of land from the paddy-field called ''Rasulpur'' located eastside riverbank of Ratna nodi in the area of Shaharpara Pargana at the end of the nineteenth century, the aristocratic family of ShaharparaJagannathpur, SunamganjSylhetBangladesh. Part of the family moved to Akbar-kutir of West Tilak in the mid-twentieth century.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaharpara
                                                                        
(Picture of Hazrat Shah Kamal Mosque where the soil matched gave by Hazrat Shahjalal and then he built the first Khangah, Mosque, Saatduwari & Eidgah from the early 14th century CE, in Shaharpara proper. The national prehistorical heritage sites of Persia, Africa, Ethiopia, Arabian in Bangladesh).

The twelve Sufi disciples of Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafah are as follows:


(1). Hazrat Pir Kallu Shah (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), Pirergaon in Jagannathpur upazillah. whose offspring can be found in Shaheeb-bari of Pirergaon.

(2). Hazrat Shah Chand
(Rahmatullahi Alaihi) offspring of Hazrat Pir Kallu Shah, Chand Bharang in Bishwanath upazillah. whose descendants are known as the Shah or Chowdhury family of Chand Bharang.
(3). Hazrat Dawar Bakhsh Khatib (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), Dawarai in Jagannathpur upazillah. His descendants are known as Khan of Dawarai.
(4). Hazrat Dilwar Bakhsh Khatib (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), younger brother of Hazrat Dawar Bakhsh Khatib, Dawarai in Jagannathpur upazillah. His descendants are known as the Khan family of Dawarai.
(5). Hazrat Shaikh Shamsuddin Bihari (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), in Aatghar Bishwanath upazillah. Whose descendants are known as the Khan family of Aatghar.
(6). Hazrat Shah Faizullah (RA) (Rahmatullahi Alaihi), Fesi in Jagannathpur upazillah. Historians are silent on his descendant.

(7). Hazrat Shah Jalaluddin (Rahmatullah Alaihi), Kuskipur in Osmani Nagar upazillah. Whose descendants are known as the Shah family of Kuskipur.


(8) Hazrat Syed Shah Taj-ud-Din (RA), Tajpur or Orompur Aurangapur Pargana in Osmani Nagar Upazila of Sylhet District. Whose descendants are known as Sayyid of Orompur.

Hazrat Syed Shah Taj-ud-Din (RA), Hazrat Syed Shah Baha-ud-Din (RA), Hazrat Syed Shah Rukn-ud-Din (RA), and Hazrat Syed Shah Shams-ud-Din (RA), were brothers and posterity of Hazrat Syed Ala-uddin or Hazrat Sayyid Ala-Ud-Din (RA), and maternal nephews of Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafah (RA). Their father came to Sylhet with the Sultan Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA), but they came with Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafah (RA), from the city of Baghdad in Persia present-day Iraq.

(9). Hazrat Syed Shah Baha-ud-Din 
(Rahmatullahi Alaihi), Bhadeshwar in Gulapganj upazillah. Historians are silent on his descendant.
(10). Hazrat Syed Shah Rukn-ud-Din (RA), Kadamhati in Maulvi Bazar. Kadamhata was originally known as Kadamatka, meaning where the footsteps stopped. It is unclear how and what year he died, but he is buried in a Mazar in Kadamhata, on Kulaura Road (N208) in Rajnagar Upazila

The Mazar is close to the Kadamhata Bazar Jame Masjid and Ruknuddin's own eidgah. His urs takes place on 13 February, which is considered his death date. His descendants are known as the Syeds of Kadamhata and the well-known poet Syed Shah Nur is his descendent. His descendants can also be found in Sampasi, Akamura, Kamachak and Bijli.
(11). Hazrat Syed Shah Shamsuddin (RA), Syedpur Jagannathpur upazillah. Whose offspring are known as the Syed family of Syedpur.
(12). Hazrat Shah Manik (RA), commonly known as Hazrat Shah Kala Manik Shaheeb, Mani Hara Jagannathpur Upazila. Historians are silent on his descendant.

(Picture of Syedpur Hazrat Syed Shah Shamsuddin Mosque the national prehistoric heritage sites of Bangladeshis, Persians, Arabians, Indians, Turkish, Netherlands, France, United Arabs Emirates, Iran, Baghdad, Iranians, Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan, Thailand, Vietnam, America, United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Cairo, Dubai, in Syedpur Jagannathpur Sunamganj from the 14th century C.E).
The above villages’ names are consequently received of these saint’s settlement and they swore an oath of allegiance to Hazrat Shah Kamal Quhafa. And also, they were instructed to propagate Islam as well as mankind-ship throughout the region of Muazzamabad (Sunamganj District) and some part of Jalalabad (presently Sylhet). As the successors are accomplished with their missions, they were permitted to marry local women and raise their own family.

The history of Shaharpara reveals that the Greater-Sylhet was conquered by Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) in 1303 CE, with the aid of his 360 Awliyas whose ethnicity link to Arabs and the conquering lands of Gaur kingdom, Jaintia Kingdom and Lour kingdom or Lau'rh kingdom were divided among his companions for the establishment of the great religion of Islam as well as mankind-ship.


This source gives the credit for conquering Sylhet to Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) and his companions and has no reference to any reigning King or his generals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunamganj_District
Tilak also spelt Tilok is a prehistorical Hinducized village the name received from Tilaka generally made on the forehead or even (the tilak-mark of kings). By raising up on her laps and listening to their music in every sunset and also special ceremony another occasion too, they simply use their instruments and harmonic voice to serve their purposes.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War on (31st August 1971) Mass Killing in Sriramshi (Village) where the rotting corpses floating around the Duwalabon or Daulahbone (paddy-field) which lies on the north-west part of Shaharpara. It smells beyond descriptions of the word.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_atrocities
After the Independent of Bangladesh, the paddy field was full of ripens paddy and harvesting were taking place everywhere around the village. Especially in my house courtyard were full of crops from (Buraya paddy field) Southern part of Shaharpara and at night the harvesters are busy doing threshing separating



 



In the year (1973) on the way after prayer Maghrib (sunset) with my baba (dad) I asked him why the Hindu people play musical instruments during our prayers, he replies they doing their prayers too.





                                   "Three modest men story was told by my dad”

Three modest men meet in the mouth of the three-way dirt track. They asked each other their destination. All three of the answers were for work and for a better future.

They walked a long way under the hot sun when they saw a tree far away in the distance. They decided to have a rest under its shade. They had some food and fallen into a deeper sleep.


The first man woke up and saw a branch on the ground. He started curving the branch and made a beautiful female shape sculpture, and left the sculpture under the tree with his name on it.


Then the second man woke up and saw the beautiful female shape sculpture, He started making a dress with leaves for the sculpture and he left the sculpture under the tree with his name on it the dress.


Then the third man woke up and saw a beautiful sculpture wearing a lovely dress. He started making jewellery with tree bark for it and he left the sculpture under the tree with his name on it. Finally, the beautiful female
shape sculpture was fully dressed ornamented and left under the tree, and the artists are disappeared.

This story is to me to judge or recognises people by their work, not by their face. The knowledge never ends and hope never has an end to it so the creativeness never ends in a mans lifetime, as well as the true artist or true man never dies, besides rediscovering ourselves not inventing.


Arrived in the dreamland of Yorkshire England for a better future, later on, the year (1977) moved into London to join maternal cousins Shah Faruk Ali and Shah Yousuf Ali at 39 Princelet Street at the heartland of Brick Lane also known as (Banglatown) which is famous for its multi-cultural musical expression and vibrant surrounding area.




Learning Tabla, also singing one to one and workshops under the guidance’s and loved of many known and unknown students musicians teachers as well as internationally renowned maestros and also a devotional inspirations from the Mother Nature
landscape and imminence veneration its beauty power.




With the generosity of Yousuf Bhai’s act, I have my own flat (18 Dec 1989) by the local housing. Spitalfields Housing Association Ltd,
Flat 1/48 Princelet Street, where I set up a voluntarily Community Jalali Music School which is commonly known as a (Jalali) from (1989-2000) and was founded by myself now some of the pupils are renowned to the music industry.





Teachers such as my mentor, late Kondukar Emdadul Huq Manna who was a (Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio persona, trained under Shyamal Mitra), Ustad Fida Hussain Khan (Accompaniment with Ustad Alla Rakha Khan for twenty-four year) Debu Chowdhury (trainedPandit Radhakanta Nandi of 
Benares Gharana), also myself
included as a pupil.

Back-home in (1980) I was sleeping alone in the bungalow room in front of the main house at midnight I heard the rhythmic sound coming from paddy field which is dragging me along with my lantern, I went to the middle of paddy field near to the sound I heard and suddenly they stopped playing music.


In tranquil and the surrounding was a darkness I cannot see any light far distances apart from my own lantern, its made me my heart beats raised to double then I call of a local boy singer how’s the name: Nazrul Islam from Chaktilak he grow-up in his maternal uncle house.


He responded immediately that’s made me calm down and then I ask him why you are stopping playing music. “He said uncle, we thought somebody elder from the village if he sees us here singing there will be a trial tomorrow morning to avoid that we stop playing.


I reply even playing here far distances from the residential area in the middle of the paddy field at midnight.” He said because of the elder’s community from the village they forbidden to play music in the village-surrounding periphery with the group, therefore we playing music in the middle of paddy field at night.


I enjoyed the live Baul Music in an open-air field and simply felt loved with its enchanting and wish to learn and explore its authenticity.


In (1981) inspiring meeting with Bangladeshi artists in London Runa Lila, Goni SarkarAbdul Jabbar, Indo Mohan Rajbanshi, Sadeque Ali the tabla player son of Ustad Mubarak Ali, late Shefali Ghosh, Fatimatul Johora, Fakir Alomgir, Baby Naznin and featuring many more via famous promoters late Md Turab Uddin and Md Aroj Ali the great inspirational showcase in the 80s.


My first job at the clothing factory as an apprentice in (1981) under the famous promoter Aroj Ali’s management and later the year became a sewing machinist.

In the year (1983) he sold the factory to two Greek men they were the brothers Mr Andrew & Mr Peter, Doran of London, since doing that job which paid off my food, shelter and continued with music training, buying and replacing instruments until (1990).


The factory had a tradition of playing national radio and special record of Indian, Bangladeshi and Greek music every day, which music directed me to fusion music.


Maternal cousin, as well as the member of my clan Yousuf Bhaiya was involved in a local drama group before and after my arrival and also they, did a few stages shows around London and Birmingham.

Sometimes he stores instruments in the house, which allows me to play the instrument especially the Dhol, but when they not at home. AlsoI was the captain of the Royal Bengal football team from the beginning of 1978-1980. We played in Birmingham with the Pakistani team in (1980), arranged by Mr John Newbigin, who was a renowned youth worker. 


He drove us with the minibus to Birmingham with Caroline Adams and play the songs of Qurbani Indian film on a portable tape recorder. Nowadays he is chair of Creative England, the national agency that invests in and supports creative ideas, talent, and businesses in film, TV, games and digital media.

http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/


His late friend Author Caroline Adams who was a renowned author, youth worker, cultural activist and co-producer of Hason Raja with both of their guidance’s we won the game by 2-1 goal. Our manager Chakraborty cooked his beautiful mutton chap we ate in Birmingham to celebrated the victory. 


We used to practise playing football at Buxton Street park without a goal post, instead of we put our coat as a goal post. Newbegin & Adams provided us with a small bamboo size mobile aluminium ex-tenable goal post. Caroline Adams loved us like her own children. 


I still remembered the time at the beginning of 1978 in east London sited someone lap apart from my mum, was Caroline Adams. After graduating in politics from the University of Kent, she went to Calcutta, where she became a volunteer in the Cathedral Relief Service and was involved with the care of refugees during the war which led to the recreation of Bangladesh in 1971. 


She set up play facilities for the children, and, after the conflict, visited many of the families she had met in their newly independent country. She was a very close friend of Ms Valentine Harding whom I accompanied with Tabla at Goldsmiths University of London for her PhD in music. Ms Valentine Harding was a nurse during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Legacy of womens contribution in 1971


Amalendu Chakraborty was manager, players at that time were Sundor Miah, Yeor ali, Muhib Rahman, Ana Miah(1), Ana Miah(2), Abdul Shubahan, Debu Chakraborty, Abdul Kadir(1), Abdul Kadir (2) and many more 1978-19780.


(30) In 1982-1985 joint the Organisation called Overseas Youth Organisation OYO once again Amalendu Chakraborty as manager and myself captain with Aroj Ali, Motin Bhai, Islam Bhai, Hussain Bhai, Turon Miah, Sunahwar Ali and half of our ROYAL BENGAL team and many more. Sunahwar Ali was a student of Robert Montefiore Secondary School and a cultural activist. 

His flat in Scott Street off Brady Street opposite of Cemetery Codington House where was the extra congregation place for us. Regulars meeting was at Amalendu Chakraborty

and his young brother Debu Chakraborty's room Arthur Deakin House, Chicksand House, Monthope Road, and Rickman House. Amir Hussain flat at Celia Blairman House Folgate Street off Commercial Street was the meeting place as well.

In (1985) back-home Yousuf Bhai challenge all most whole villagers on a local football tournament and the villagers hire top league player from the capital. Rama, Tufa, Dom Dom and many better-known players where we have one good player Noor Bhai a well-known football player from Mirpur, Jagannathpur and some of his fellow players.


I was the youngest player on the field and playing at the left-wing my guard provably underestimate me once I tackle the ball and took it to the goal post line where Yousuf Bhai kick the ball and scored the golden goal, we won the game by one goal the trophy was a big goat (Ramsagal).


Bangladesh in 1993 in the moonlit night we were walking on our way to a musical party, but we not using our torchlight’s at 10 pm onward suddenly I have seen an ex-terrestrial light moving with me, nearby the paddy field beside the canal between Narayanpur and Buraya.


Just after passing the cobbler house, where we were walking through the mud track to Buraya for a musical treaty party specially set up for me, which was arranged by my maternal nephew Mukit Miah of Porchim-bari Nurainpur and also his accompanied group, Choto Miah of Shahjeer family. Late Salim of Nurainpur and Amir Uddin from Syedpur married a woman from Narayanpur Chowdhury-bari.


Asked by the cobbler to Mukit where we going together“Mukit answer Buraya. “After that, I asked Mukit what is my identity there because the whole village knew my family for the reason that the school-bari of Shaharpara own most land of Buraya which paddy-field used to ploughs with a water buffalo and tractor untiled (1978) and later giveaway land to many peasant families there.

He replies your identity should be from Nayabondar and working in Chittagong here on holiday. After that suddenly seen an ex-terrestrial light moving with me and I am in the middle of it,

I thought nobody could see, its reflection from something I am wearing. But Mukit says stop walking, there is a light flowing us. He said please move slowly one by one, everybody moved but as I walk it moving with me as I am jumping it does as well. I was in a tracksuit and trainer.


I play about for few minutes stretching the limps arms to touch the light where I remained myself exactly in the middle of the light for maybe ten minutes after that, I felt very special about myself and a bit scared as thinking of my own grave, I cannot get out of the light,


Where I am walking in the middle of a two-dimensional cage exactly like the tube-light glow on the ground of the earth. Then just before we reach the destination, where our party took place suddenly the light disappears. The shape of the alien light is likely to round the top of the door or arch.


The year (1995) I was asked by Korak Ghosh from a multicultural art consortium to record one of the tracks for the compilation album, which was my first lyric and composition which recorded in (1996) the track Kemon Korey Bolo Na-na-na-na.


During the year (1997) I wrote & composed Ami Shodu Bolichi Tumeri recorded (1997). Also in the year (1998) I specially composed a seven beats track based on the birth of Rumi’s congregation.



Album This Being Human. http://www.justflutes.com/being-human-product959322.html Music composed and played by: Paul Cheneour Flutist, George Hadjineophytou, OUD/SAS, Dilly Meah Tabla, Olly Branchflower Double bass,

the poems and stories of Rumi, the 13th-century Sufi poet, with spontaneous music and 2 storytellers. Ashley Ramsden & Duncan Mackintosh, VOICES. The project was awarded an A4E (Arts Council of England) grant.


Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkh_ (Persian) also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Persian), and popularly known as Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

(Persian) but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi


And also Dance in the Fire. http://www.justflutes.com/dance-fire-product959339.html Music composed by Paul Cheneour & myself. Produced and marketing by Paul Cheneour www.redgoldmusic.com. The song Nishiraat composed in (1998) and recorded in (2001) for the fusion base album Night in Bengal, teaching music at Swanlea Secondary School London. During the summer of the ''Swansea school holidays,'' I went to Bangladesh.

In (July 2000-21st September 2000) between 9.30-10 pm on the way to Dhaka at the top of Kaspur Bridge I had a road traffic accident, which occurred me to the total blindness and hospitalised for about three months.


After that, I have gradually recovered and regaining the power of sight, which is renaissance to me and consequently, I would like to dedicate myself to the Sufi Baul Fusion Music.



The song NISHIRAAT and the title track NIGHT IN BENGAL  Dim-ta-nana Nana, are based on the theme of ex-terrestrial light in (1993).

The plan of the project is to promote Sufi Baul Fusion Music in London and to a lesser extent expanding awareness in Europe and America. Sufi Baul Fusion Music has two key scenes now in Bangladesh and Calcutta. Sufi Baul Fusion Music is relatively under-represented in the UK at the moment with few other organisations currently offering a similar service.

There are no major players in the UK outside of my own group. It will be the aim of the project to raise the profile and encourage participation in the community with regards to this growing genre. My own understanding of the genre is backed up through the work I have previously undertaken. This includes the following:


(01) Composed music for award-winning short film BRICK LANE (Movie zone awards) directed by Paul Makkar and produced by Sonia Makkar in 2002-2003 Working alongside Dominik Scherrer Composer | Sound Department | Director | Music Department | Editor | Soundtrack | Writer Composer (54 titles TV series) http://film.britishcouncil.org/brick-lane   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeVBLNVD3l0


(02) Composed music as well as acting for the short film BANGLA LANE produced & directed by Anam Hoque in 1995.


(03) Acting on BBC production, ROYAL NAVY for recruitment advert in 2004.



(04) Scored some part of music in addition to perform an act, On the East Side directed by Charlie Sen & produced by Betar Bangla (1503am radio), http://e-vibe.net/play/uk/340.htm

(05) Principal cast on Location of HASAN RAJA Sunamganj Bangladesh in 2002 by Ruhul Amin (film director) Ruhul is one of the prolific Asian filmmakers in Britain. He has made 13 films for the BBC and Channel 4. Most of them are documentaries and experimental dramas. He is currently making an epic Bengali film on the life of a rural Bengali folk poet who was around one hundred years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfI0vDNTiwI





(06) Night in Bengal fusion-based album most of the songs were written, composed by myself also produced and released by me as well. Especially the title track namely Night in Bengal which is an example of universal as well as egalitarian music eclectically mixed with western instrumentals and released in 2002. First time ever Bengali fusion music album made in the greatest city of London. The credit goes to my sister family especially the benevolent heartened children's Mohima KamalyNaheema KamalyAbthahee Kamaly for their significant contributions toward this album as well as my family. And also the inspirations from the east London environment as well as its multi-cultural vibrant surroundings.



Picture of Night in Bengal launching party at Brady Arts and Community Centre
 in 2002, Hanbury Street E1. My especially thanks to Jerry Deeks of Brady Community & Arts Centre manager, for his generosity of gave me space in-kind for practising, teaching and creating my fusion base album; NIGHT IN BENGAL at the Brady centre. Ali Mehdi Zaidi, director of Motiroti theatre. Shahkil Mohammed, Sound engineer, at On the One Community Music Studio at Cable Street. GM Najim Chowdhury CEO of Betar Bangla Radio 1503AM. Shamim Azad poet. The legendary singer of Bangladesh Abdul Jabbar Bangabandhu Padak 1973. Ekusshey Padak 1980. Shadhinota Padak 1996. Citycell-Channel I Music Awards-Lifetime Achievement Award 2011. My mentor as well as my maestro Kondukar Emdadul Hoque Manna Swadhin Bangla Betar KendraSyed Shariful Islam younger son of national leader Syed Nazrul Islam, he is the head professor and later became the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the department of public health and informatics at PG Hospital nowadays called "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University" in Bangladesh and also he was a director of Betar Bangla community Radio 1503 AM. DR Moniruz Zaman Monir work at the social service of Tower Hamlets. Cllr Doros Ullah. Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, London. Mozibul Hoque Moni Actor & writer. DR Hemel Muksed sister school teacher and many more communities friends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Nazrul_Islam


(07) Sound Radio 1503am, London 2005-2007 Head of Music Creating jingles for the station as well as selecting playlists and discovering new acts to play. Organising a recital for Indian Music at Queen Mary Hall featuring artists such as Asif and Kaniz Shuborna.

(08) I have performed music on Channel 5 at the launch of Mr Q’s novel ‘Dead Meat’. I have also featured in satellites TV.

(09) Lewisham Academy of Music. Teaching fusion music plus performed on stage 97-98. Among the drum teachers who taught at various times at the academy were Gary Wallis (The Truth, Pink Floyd, ll Divo) Steve White (Paul Weller, Jon Lord. The Players) and Charles Hayward (This Heat).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham_Academy_of_Music


(10) Performed solo Tabla at the Boishakhi Mêla in 1997 BengaliPohela Baishakh my slot was arranged by the coordinator of Kobi Nazrul Centre Shadhin Khasru. He's working in the Bangladeshi film & drama industry now. First Boishakhi Mela was at the front of Pauline House Hanbury Street London E1 in July 1984 where Bangladeshi film actress Kabori Sarwar was the chief guest. She received the National award for her performance in the movie Sareng Bou (The Captain's Wife). Kabori was elected to the National Parliament in Bangladesh serving as an MP representing Narayanganj District no.4. She elected to her post on 29th December 2008 from Awami League. She was an active participant in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 in India. She is also the first woman broadcast by India Radio during the war.



(12) Album This Being Human. Music composed and played by Paul Cheneour Flutist, George Hadjineophytou, OUD/SAS, and Myself Tabla. Olly Branchflower Double Bass, The poems and stories of Rumi, the 13th-century Sufi poet, with spontaneous music and 2 storytellers. Ashley Ramsden & Duncan Mackintosh, VOICES. The project was awarded an A4E (Arts Council of England) grant. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi (Persian) also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (Persian), and popularly known as Hazrat Mowlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (RA) descended from Hazrat Abu Bak (RA) (Persian) but known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi.

http://www.justflutes.com/being-human-product959322.html http://www.justflutes.com/dance-fire-product959339.html


(13) All roles were organised through the London International Festival of Theatre (or LIFT) and were short-term contracts of between 12 to 18 months, teaching music and composition in a classroom setting for groups of around twenty students, encouraging students to recite music from the ear and to understand changes in notes and chords.

(14) Thomas Buxton Primary School 96-97
(15) Harbinger primary school 95-96
http://www.harbingerschool.co.uk/

(16) Central Foundation Girls School 95-96

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Foundation_Girls'_School


(17) London International Festival of Theatre, London 1995-1996 Composer the London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is a London, UK, arts festival which was co-founded by Rose Fenton and Lucy Neal. It has been presenting since 1981.[1] In 2003, they passed the leadership of the festival to Angharad Wynne-Jones.[2] In 2008 Angharad stepped down. Mark Ball was appointed Artistic Director in 2009.

(18) To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of India, teaching students music and drama to perform on stage, responsible for all the background music for songs and drama scenes within the production. The festival's agenda has been to expose British theatregoers to more international theatre than typically has been presented in London. In its first year, 35,000 people attended. In 1993, with 235 performances by 200 artists including The Wooster Group and Peking opera, the attendance was recorded as 92, 500.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_International_Festival_of_Theatre



(19) Working as the composer for the production of ‘The Seed, The Root’ alongside Akram Khan MBE Khan has been the recipient of numerous awards: 2004: Akram Khan received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from De Montfort University for his contribution to the UK arts community. Motiroti is a London based arts organisation led by Artistic Director Ali Zaidi. For over ten years the company has made internationally acclaimed and award-winning art that transforms relationships between people, communities and spaces. Co-founded by artists Ali Zaidi and Keith Khan motiroti was officially registered as a charity in 1996, although the pair had worked together since the late 1980s. Khan left the company in 2004 to become CEO of the Rich Mix Cultural Foundation [2] while Zaidi continues to be the Artistic Director.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akram_Khan_(dancer)

(20) 1997-1998 Wave Dancing Company alongside Doctorate Mukid Chowdhury.


(21) Tales of the flute would tell 1999. Music composed by Paul Cheneour & myself, Camera by Arun Halder, Red Gold Music production, post-production by Paul Cheneour & Eric Massey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPbZgfWb-XY


(22) Took part in international tours to Istanbul, Calcutta, Dhaka, Sylhet and Mumbai.


(23) Although experienced in playing and composing Indian music, I have a good knowledge of all types of music and its background.

(24) Play Indian & other instruments: Tabla, Dhol, Dufkey, Keyboard, Ek-Tara, Tanpura, Manzeera, and Harmonium.


(25) Basic Knowledge of PA systems and mixing consoles.


(26) Arakana Studio, London 2008-2009 Composer Creating song of original work alongside a small production team, promoted on MySpace


(27) 1977-1980 Secondary Education completed the third year at Robert Montefiore Secondary School in east London.


(28) 1978-1980 attending film workshops at Hanbury Street Montefiore Centre top floor where I met Kondukar Aminul Haq Badsha Sitar practitioner trained under the Ustad Kurshid Khan maternal grandson of Ustad Alla Uddin Khan Shaheb and actor, the journalist as well as the 1st press secretary to the Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman founder of Bangladesh.



                                                                        I met a youth worker at the Montefiore Centre in Hanbury Street E1 5HZ Sayed Ashraful Islam later he was a director of the Centre and also he was the community leader who lived in formerly Berner Street (presently Henriques Street) E1 where I was visited many times with Aroj Ali for the reason of uniting Bengalis' against racist attack in around the East London and also I met cultural activist and journal Shahab Uddin Belal Ahmed who was obsessed with cutting fonts and words from Bangladeshi Newspaper to create a Newsletter within the instruction of Sayed Islam with cut n paste then paste-up sheets into A4 size, back as well as the front and then photocopy with the help of photocopier machine they managed to produced A4 size four-pages of Bengali Newsletters. Which is to bring the awareness of racist attack and news around East London within the Bengali's Community and also, he was a presenter who hosts most of the Bengali cultural shows around the UK. Once he asked me to buy some Kebab puris from the Sweet & Spice restaurant in Brick Lane. When I ask for money, he said you don't have money, why do you work, so I went and bought some kebab puris for them. Ahmed (Rajonuddin Jalal) an activist practising louder speech Mic there the apartment was full of anti-racist campaign boards and sleeping bags where many of his friends sleep at night. His background was a successful freedom fighter during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He is the elder son of Bangladesh's leading independence leader as well as Advocate, professor and vice-president. He was the former vice-chairman of BAKSALSyed Nazrul Islam- was killed in captivity in Old Dhaka Central Jail alongside the National leaders Tajuddin Ahmed- was a lawyer, politician and the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was a former Finance Minister and a member of parliament. Muhammad Mansur Ali- was the Finance Minister of the Mujibnagar government. He was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in the BAKSAL government. Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman- was a member of parliament. He was elected President of the Awami League in 1974. He was the Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Mujibnagar government. Syed Nazrul Islam– who was the acting President in 1971 of the government of Bangladesh and was the first Bangladeshi acting President to take an Oath of Office. Sayed Ashraful Islam currently serving as Awami League party general secretary as well as the LGRD Minister and later served as  (MOPA) in the government of Bangladesh. He deceased 3rdJanuary 2019.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman
 
Racist murdered as well as robbed of twenty-five years old textile worker Altab Ali on the 4th of May 1978 stubbed by three youth near the corner of Adler Street by the end side of St Mary's park off Whitechapel Road. He tried to call an ambulance from Whitechapel High Street telephone booth corner of St Mary's Park and White Church Lane where he collapsed. The biggest Bengali demonstration ever takes place in East London where we Royal Bengal youths friends and family were attended. NowaDays the park renamed Altab Ali Park. Originally it was called St. Mary's Park, St Mary Matfelon the site of a 14th Century white church called St Mary's from which the local area – Whitechapel – derives its name. It was awoken up call for Bengali's lives in the UK and formed many organisations at that time. 

(29) I was the captain of the Royal Bengal football team from the beginning of 1978-1980. 
We played in Birmingham with Pakistani team in (1980), arranged by Mr John Newbegin nowadays his chair of 24 Hour Museum and his friend late Caroline Adams author and cultural activist co-producer of Hason Raja with their guidance’s we won the game by a 2-1 goal. Amalendu Chakraborty was the manager, players at that time were Sundor Miah, Yeor Ali, Muhib Rahman, Ana Miah(1), Ana Miah(2), Abdul Shubahan, Debu Chakraborty, Abdul Kadir(1), Abdul Kadir (2) and many more 1978-19780.

(30) In 1982-1985 joint the Organisation called Overseas Youth Organisation OYO once again Amalendu Chakraborty as manager and myself captain with Aroj Ali, Motin Bhai, Islam Bhai, Hussain Bhai, Turon Miah, Sunahwar Ali and half of our ROYAL BENGAL team and many more.

(31) In 1985-1986 we friends formed a team called Algate United and hire the team course from the local professional league, which cost us twenty-six pounds per hour for two hours every Sunday practice in Weaver Field Bethnal Green Road.


(32) Again 1986 to the beginning of 1990 a local organisation called Weaver Youth Forum WYF joined with the whole team and build a new team again I was designated as captain of the team, later became the executive member and finally Vice-chairman of the Organisation. Working along with Abdul Mukit Chunu MBE and many more.


(33) In 1979 I was the founder member of Spitalfields Housing Association originally set up as a Co-operative by local activist Fakaruddin Ahmed and supported by local Bengali's also his villager's lives in Tower Hamlets. The membership fees for me was paid by my cousin Yousuf where he became the secretary of the association as well as chairman.



(34) In 1982 I was the founder member of the Bengali arts centre at 30 Hanbury Street E1 Kobi Nazrul Centre. It the named after the Bidrohi (rebel) Kobi (poet) Kazi (justice family) Nazrul Islam the national poet of Bangladesh and open by Lord Fenner Brockway. 1981-83 first job at clothing factory as an apprentice under the famous promoter Aroj Ali's management and studies music with various artists from Bangladesh.


(35) 1981-1983 first job at clothing factory as an apprentice under the famous promoter Aroj Ali’s management and studies music with various artists from Bangladesh.

(36) 1983-1990 Working clothing factory Duran of London Ltd as well as studying music.

(37) 1986-1994 Tabla Training Benares Gharana
(School), London Taught by Debu Chowdhury (the maestro) (trained under the Pandit Radhakanta Nandi).

(38) London Music School 2004-2005 Diploma in Music Technology at London Music School, Osborn St Brick Lane Sound Engineering – Distinction Harmony Theory – Merit MIDI Computers –Merit VOCAL – Merit http://www.tlms.co.uk/

(39) Completed business training from East London Small Business Centre 2010.

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/content_pages/a_to_z/a_to_z_pages/e/east_london_small_business_cen.aspx

(40) 2011 Working for KOTO RONGO Theatre and Zen Bicycle alongside Maestros Paul Cheneour and Sufi Baul Fusion Music.


(41) 2012 Teaching Tabla as well as composing music for the style of Sufi Baul Fusion music album.



(42) 2013 Production by myself and Yoshisuke Suga
Ek Khana Megh by Earthy Music

(43) 2013 The album "Flames of Love" the instrumental composition based on "Sufi Baul Fusion" by Dilly Meah and Paul Cheneour the flute maestros.

(44) 2013 The album "Heart of Gold" the instrumental composition based on "Sufi Baul Fusion" by the two competent musicians Dilly Meah Paul Cheneour.


(45) 2013 An untitled album composition based on "Sufi Baul Fusion" by Dilly MeahPaul Cheneour and Margo Sagov the record will be released sometime in 2014.



(46) 2014 Working on the brand-new fusion album which has one of the oldest songs of Bengal and also had many new songs which are based on the history of Sufi saints of Hazrat Shah Jalal (RA) of Sylhet. The ancient Bengali song was composed in the late medieval period based on the annals of Sultan Ala-uddin Husain Shah and his general Paragal Khan which was the golden age of Hussain Shah.

According to the chronicle of Tripura, Rajmala, Hussain Shah’s four successive invasions did not succeed fully in their objectives. The first was a completed failure. The second conquered Comilla and proceeded inside Tripura, but the invading army was destroyed while crossing the Gomati River through a stratagem by the Tippera general, Rai Chai Chan, who had dammed the river upstream, therefore by blocking the flow of water to the lower reaches.

When the invaders, deceived by the dry riverbed, tried to cross it on foot, he had the dyke cut, and the invaders were washed away with their horses and weapons by the strongest onrush of the floodwater. That there might have been some success is hinted at in the description of one Khwas Khan in Hussain Shah’s Sonargaon inscription (1513) as Sar-i-Lashkar (commander of Forces) in Tripura, Rajmala also refers to a number of instances when the Tripura forces applied wits craft to the discomfiture of the invaders.

The third expedition also met with failure. The final expedition ended in a victory against the Tripura forces led by Dhanya Manikya at Kali fort, but this was also a limited success. Hussain Shah retained control over the approach to Chittagong but did not succeed in his overall objective of conquering Tripura, despite some words in the Sonargaon inscription suggesting some sort of annexation of the Tripura area. As the Kingdom of Arakan had helped the King of Tripura in the closing phases of the war, the war with Tripura inevitably led to a war with Arakan.

Initially, Arakan forces had come and occupied Chittagong. In the year 1513 the Bengal army, led by Paragal Khan, advanced along the Feni River and tried to dislodge the Arakan forces. But this proved to be a long-drawn campaign that continued even after Paragal, under the leadership of his son Chhutti Khan. Chhutti captured Chittagong and could drive out the Arakanese only around 1516. According to Barrows, a contemporary Portuguese writer, Arakan became a vassal Kingdom of Bengal, although this could only have been for a very brief period.

Hussain Shah’s reign, a glorious epoch in Bengal’s history, came to an end shortly after the reconquest of Chittagong around 1519. He had not only restored peace in the Kingdom after years of lawlessness but also consolidated the traditional frontiers of Bengal and even extended them in several directions. His reign was marked by almost continuous fighting with the neighbouring Kingdoms in all directions, but most of these wars were fought beyond the frontiers of Bengal. Therefore, the conditions inside the Kingdom were generally peaceful.

Hussain Shah is also a memorable figure in history became he treated his Muslim and Hindu subjects alike and, like Akbar, tried to create a national monarchy to which all sections of the population showed loyalty. Many Hindus like Roop and Sanatan, who became Chaitanya’s disciples, were appointed to high offices in the government, including the post of Wazir. That the Hindus also gave him complete loyalty is illustrated by a Vaishnava poet’s description of Hussain Shah as an incarnation of Lord Krishna.

Some historians have tried to underplay the secular character of Hussain Shah’s administration by dwelling on his destruction Orissa, but this was essentially the habit of all medieval generals while attacking another land, and there was no personal involvement of Hussain Shah himself. It was during his reign that the great saint Chaitanya preached Vaishnavism, which created an intense movement of bhakti in Bengal and drew followers from many sources into it, some of them Muslims.

This was also the first great age of Bengali literature and the fact that so many poets and scholars produced important works in Bengali during the reign of Hussain Shah and his son, Nusrat Shah, would clearly indicate that the state patronised such activities and created conditional where such creative activities could flourish. That in some instances a few qazis objected to samkirtan (public chanting) and the procession of idols by Hindus is of lesser consequence than the fact that the government officials, in general, did not put restriction of these activities at Nabadwip and other towns and that some Muslim officials even patronised and participated in samkirtans.

Above all, the Vaishnava literature in Bengali had many adulatory references to Hussain Shah. All aspects of his rule taken together, this was a great golden age for Bengal, the first such age after Bengal as such had emerged in history, shorn of the earlier name ‘Gaur’, and with a distinct cultural and racial identity and a common language for Bengalee people. The following verse from Parameshwar’s Mahabharata is a self-evident testimony to contemporary Hindu attitudes to Hussain Shah

Nripati Hussain Shah hai mahamati

Pancham Gaurete jar parama sukhyati
Ashtra shastre supandit mahima apar
Kalikale habu jeno Krishna avatar
Nripati Hussain Shah Gaurer Ishwar
Tar hok senapati Hasanta Laskar 
LaskarParagal Khan mahamati
Suvarna basan paila ashwa bayugati
Laskari bishaya pai aibanta chalia
Chatigrame chali gela harashita baiya
Putra pautre rajya kare Khan mahamati
Puran shunante niti harashita mati

(King Hussain Shah is of a noble mind.

His great fame spreads all over Gaur.
Well-versed in weaponry, his achievements are infinite.
He is the incarnation of Krishna in the kali era.
King husain is the lord of Gaur.
His commander Hasant Lashkar Paragal Khan has a great mind.
He has gifted a golden dress and his horse was of wind's speed.
Lashkar having recovered his possession moved on and arrived at Chittagong in a cheerful mood. 
The great Khan ruled the kingdom with sons and grandsons listening gladly to the puranas).


The lyricist Kavindra Parameshwar wrote an abridged version of the Mahabharata. He is not the original author but his version contains 18 chapters of the original Mahabharata. The reason he made his version shorter because he was instructed by his patron (Paragal Khan) to shorten it so that it was able to be read within a day. The version of the epic was written from the time period of 1515-1519.


(47) Check out the video of "Sufi Baul Fusion" genre by two master explorers; 
Sufi Baul Fusion — with Paul Cheneour and Dilly Meah.


The aim of “Sufi Baul Fusion Music” is to provide tuition, support and guidance to music, drama and digital video filmmaking projects in local communities. Delivery will be via workshop sessions, from small group classes to one to one teaching.


Our course subjects will include: Music Theory, Sound Engineering, Pro Tools, Song Writing, Computer Technology, Website construction, Script Writing, Acting, Digital Video Film-making, Directing, Editing, Dancing and Self-Defense with the addition of, instrument courses including Bass, Guitar, Flute, Saxophone, Violin, Sitar, Key-board, Piano, Tabla, Duttara, Ek-tara, Dhol, Harmonium and Vocals.




Our goal is to enable each student to become creatively aware, expert and self-sufficient within the creative industry. Sufi Baul Fusion Music will begin by promoting the fusion of South Asian musical traditions with Reggae, Rock, Hip-hop, Rap, R&B, Dub, Ballad, Jazz, classical and contemporary western music conventions and traditions.



Currently, there are few places or courses offering the combination of music and film technology that also provide opportunities for students to create their own music/film products.

“Sufi Baul Fusion Music” will address this need through the establishment and delivery of a unique curriculum. The emphasis on teaching and promoting fusion music - as set out in the profile of “Sufi Baul fusion music” is a unique attempt to bring together Eastern and Western musical traditions.

It is envisaged that this aspect of our curriculum will generate interest within communities.

Proposal for non-profitable social business partners, for setting up a fusion music school in the multicultural city of London "Sufi Baul Fusion Music Academy of London'' if somehow the project makes the profit it will go the chosen charities like the orphanage. For further more information please contact Dilly Meah via Email; dillymeah@yahoo.co.uk




                                                     “Making of Music”

The concept developed by myself and supported by renowned maestros, musicologists, musicians, friends, music lovers, appreciators, entrepreneurs, and my family. We come from different musical traditions, and cultures are at the heart of the “fusion” concept, which is arguably the most exciting and vibrant contemporary musical expression. This present ‘fusion process’ is a synthesising of not only different traditions but also different genres of music.

Musicians have been interacting and exchanging ideas across national boundaries for as long as there has been contacting between cultures. It is this process that has led to the emergence of new musical forms which has contemporary become known as “fusionmusic”. Also, A notion of Global Fusion Music has also emerged, which is seen as the unique blend of music that spans the diverse and eclectic musical traditions of the planet. Even though fusion is primarily seen as the marriage of East and West, there is also a rich tapestry of East-East fusion that is occurring at the same time.



In an increasingly interdependent and globalised world, music and its universal, egalitarian language can provide an excellent basis for fostering togetherness and helps to decrease the many artificial barriers that keep humanity fragmented and in divisive groupings. As the planet becomes more aware and the interconnectedness of our species comes together, the diverse elements of music also coming together acts as a metaphor for the uniting of cultures and humanity.


At the moment we are using some of the North Indian’s scale notations (North Indian Raga Darbari) inherited from Turkish, Arabian, African and Persian traditions. Some drum grooves are found in modern dance music.


The Song Guru lyric, tune, tabla-twist, arrangement and performed by myself and sound design, bass, drum programmed and chorus singing by Yoshisuke Suga from Japan, whom I met at the LMS faculty where we studied together.

Flutes by Paul Cheneour the maestro introduced to me by filmmaker Anam Hoque during the year 1997 since we met musical relationship begun and recorded two albums; ”This Being Human ”Dance in the fire “also some recording for other albums and still playing Sufi music together.

Guitar and chorus singing by Margo Sagov a great musician and singer we met at Baul film show arrange by Valentine Harding at the departure in Commercial-road and after that acquaintance the talent was discovered and made this arrangement for the recording.

We have used a Mbox2, Pro tool, Midi-keyboard, Yoga condenser Microphone, Genelec monitors and a Macintosh computer.

This program is especially dedicated to the memories of the legendary George Harrison for the song Bangladesh.


Interests;
I like reading books when relaxing and writing short plays. I also enjoy spending time with friends and family. I am passionate about music and have an interest in composition and performance.

Musician & Composer: March 2012

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