Serajul Huq (educator)

Serajul Huq
Born(1905-04-01)1 April 1905
Noakhali, East Bengal and Assam, British India
Died4 March 2005(2005-03-04) (aged 99)
Alma mater
AwardsFull list

Serajul Huq (1 April 1905 – 4 March 2005) was a Bangladeshi educationist.[1]

Early life and education

Huq was born in Noakhali District in 1905 to Moulvi Hamidullah.[1] He passed matriculation examination in 1921 from Dhaka Muhsinia Madrasa and intermediate examination in 1923 from Dhaka Islamic Intermediate College. He then enrolled to the University of Dhaka. He earned BA with honors in Islamic studies in 1926 and MA in Persian in 1930. In 1938, he received his PhD on "Ibn Taymiyyah and His Project of Reform" under the supervision of Professor Hamilton Gibb, a Scottish historian and Orientalist, from the University of London.[1]

Career

In 1928, Huq joined the University of Dhaka as an assistant lecturer at the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies. He became a lecturer in 1936, a reader in 1943 and a professor in 1951.[2] In 1979, Huq was elected President of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.[1]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Huq, Serajul". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Notable alumni". du.ac.bd. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
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