1. 1
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Dr. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah
Adress: 9/A, Shahid Abul Khair Bhaban, Dhaka University, Shahbag, Dhaka - 1000
Phone: +8801758746905
E-mail: ammarif_billah@hotmail.com
1. Academic Details:
NAME OF
EXAMS
BOARD/UNIVERSI
TY
GROUP/SUB. YEAR DIV./CLAS
S
PhD SOAS (School of
Oriental and African
Studies), University
of London
Influence of Persian Literature on
Shah Mohammad Sagir’s Yūsuf
Zulāikhā and Alaol’s Padmāvaīi. 1
2009 Pass
M. A. Dhaka University Persian literature 1991 1st
Class 1st
B.A. (Hon’s.) Dhaka University Persian literature + subsidiary
Urdu/Hindi
1989 1st
Class 1st
Kamil Hadith Dhaka Alia Madrasa Hadith 1986 Second class
Islamic studies The holy city of
Qum, Islamic
Republic of Iran
Islamic Law, Hadith, Quran etc. 1982-
1984
First Class
Scholarship and awards:
2005 Charles Wallace Bangladesh fund in 2005.
2004 Charles Wallace Bangladesh fund in 2004
2003 SOAS Additional Field Work Awards in 2003.
2002 Overseas scholarship for the Dhaka University Teachers, mainly tuition fees for three years.
2. Work experience:
2.1. Teaching experience in the UK at Kings College London, SOAS etc:
2005 – 2009 Kings College London: Bengali and Hindi, Dari [Persian]
2003 – 2010 The SOAS Language Centre, University of London, all levels [Bengali, Hindi, Urdu
and Persian] individual tailored courses.
2007 – 2009 had a contract for [occasional] teaching Bengali, Persian, Urdu with Language
Professional, and already taught Bengali for a team in Sunbury complex, British
Petroleum.
2006-2008 SOAS, University of London, The Department of South Asia: EAA.
2003 – 2009 SOAS Language Centre all levels [Bengali] – Beginner’s, Lower Intermediate, Literacy
and individual tailored courses.
2005- 2009 OCR Asset Language, University of Cambridge, UK, Curriculum developer,
moderator, setter etc.
2.2. Teaching, co-ordinating and administrating experiences in Bangladesh
Head of the Department of Persian and Urdu: academic and administrative Involvement
1st
July 2000 up to 30th
August 2002: Chairman, Department of Persian and Urdu, University of Dhaka.
Responsibilities: Organizing official work like: Class Schedule, conducting admission test and
recommending for admission and examination, calling and presiding coordination and development
committee and academic committee meetings, conducting research, supervising research students,
developing course curriculum, organizing seminar, symposium, attending the Faculty and Academic
Council meetings and some other meetings called by the University Authority. The responsibilities
also includes making proposal for creating post / posts for new teachers as well as increasing the
1
The two medieval Sufi poems are written following their originals in Persian, Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit. They
dealt with Judie-Christian and Islamic mystic as well as Sufi traditions, incorporating elements from indigenous
linguistic, literary, mythological and historical fields of Bengal. Thus this is a multi-lingual and multi cultural
studies.

2. 2
number of quotas for the students in the department and liaising with the higher authorities such as
Dean and Vice Chancellor to achieve these as well as other relevant interests of the department.
July 2008 – date Associate Professor: Department of Persian and Urdu, Dhaka University.
Responsibilities: [teaching modern and medieval [Dari] Persian, conducting research,
supervising research students, developing course curriculum. Conducting undergraduate and
post-graduate examinations. Calling for the examination papers and organizing moderation
committees as well as administering the oral tests of the students from under and post
graduate levels].
Sep. 1997 – 2008 Assistant Professor: Department of Persian and Urdu, Dhaka University.
Responsibilities: teaching, conducting research, supervising research students, developing
course curriculum. It is worthwhile that Philology and history of in the Subcontinent and
Bengal was also included in my teaching area. It also includes setting examination papers,
sitting in the moderation committee of the papers as well as marking the oral tests.
June 1993 – 1997 Lecturer: Department of Persian and Urdu, Dhaka University.
Responsibilities: teaching medieval and modern Persian language and literature,
conducting research, developing course curriculum. It also includes setting examination
papers, sitting in the moderation committee of the papers as well as marking the oral tests.
Teaching in Senior Certificate Course in Persian
I was engaged in teaching Persian Language in Senior Certificate Course level, From
January –1996 up to 1998, at the Persian Language Learning Section, Cultural Centre of
Iran, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. Languages known:
Hindi fluent in all four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Urdu fluent in all four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking.
English fluent in all four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Persian /Dari fluent in all four skills – reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Arabic fluent in reading and writing, and competence in basic conversation.
Bengali fluent in all four skills
4. Projects: CETL Projects for producing Bengali learning materials:
May 2007 – April 2008 [£5000] wrote 30 ‘Flexi Packs’ for the Beginner’s [under the process of final editing and
publication by CETL].
Jun. 2006 - Jan. 2007 [£9000] ‘Produced Bengali Listening and Speaking Materials’. This book will be followed
by interactive Audio-visual DVD and Web versions of the materials [under the
process of publication].
Aug. – Sep.2005 [£500] Project Four – Website and Commercially produced materials – Bengali [published
in CETL website].
5. Training:
Attended the ‘Teacher Training Courses’:
22-26 - August 2005 SOAS Language Centre Teacher Training [Intensive] Course Part-2
Sep – December 2004 SOAS Language Centre Teacher Training Course Part-1
Training on editing, writing various tasks and materials development:
2003 – Present Attended in a number of training session organised by SOAS language Centre
including Sanako language lab.
2005 - Present Attended in many training session on editing, material development and
examination procedures etc organised by Cambridge Asset Language.
Training on editing, writing various tasks and materials development:
2003 – Present Attended in a number of training session organised by SOAS language Centre
including Sanako language lab.
2005 - Present Attended in many training session on editing, material development and
examination procedures etc organised by Cambridge Asset Language.

3. 3
6. Editing journals:
Ex- Editor for newspapers and journals
10 Dec. 2006 – 10 Jan. 2007 Acting chief editor, The Weekly Bangla Post, B. J. House, 10-14 holy Bush
Gardens, Bethnal Green, London E2 [two days in a week].
Responsibility: Writing editorial, writing reports and giving necessary advises to
the editor and member of the team.
Jan. 2002 – May 2003 Ex - executive editor, The Weekly Euro Bangla, 117 Whitechapel road, London
E1 [two days in a week].
Responsibility: Writing lead news and helping editor by providing overall
information of the paper before going to press.
1989 – 1993 Associate Editor of the NEWSLETTER, a monthly Bengali magazine of the
Iranian Cultural Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Responsibilities: editing, reviewing, collecting matters, translating from Persian,
Arabic, Hindi and Urdu into Bengali, and from English, Bengali, Hindi, Arabic and
Urdu into Persian.
7. Language conference:
2007 Community language conference on material production and assessment, organised by Tower
Hamlets Community Language Service.
2005 Attended in a number conferences organised by CETL.
2004 Language World Conference, Examination Schools, University of Oxford.
8. List of publications and papers presented in various conferences at home and abroad:
8.1. Dictionary – Persian-Bengali-English Dictionary
1996-1998 I Worked from 1996-1998 as a member to the Editorial Board and as an assistant editor to the
Persian-Bengali-English Dictionary (about 30,000 words) published by the Iranian Cultural
Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
8.2. Books in English:
2014 Influence of Persian Literature on Shah Muhammad Sagir’s Yusuf and Zulaikha and Alaol’s Padmavati,
Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2014 The Return of the Soul and the speech of Love [‫عشق‬ ‫سخن‬ ‫و‬ ‫روح‬ ‫گشت‬ ‫]باز‬ Collection of Persian poems
composed by myself, [introduction by Professor Dr. Kazem Kahduoei, Department of Persian, University of
Yazd, Iran], Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2008 Midnight Dream, collection of my poems in English, Hindi, Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Bengali,
Annya Prakā, Dhaka, 2010.
2002 Persian Studies in Bengal : Past Present and Future, a book of 100 pages completed in Aug. 2002, under
the financial assistance of Dhaka University Research Grant committee; under the process of publication.
2002 A Descriptive Catalogue of Persian and Urdu Manuscripts preserved in Dhaka University Library, 2002,
Central Library, University of Dhaka, 2008.
1998 Indo-Iranian Historical and Cultural Relations from per-historic period up to the present day, a book of
200 pages, completed on 20th
December 1998. The book is under the process of publication.
Editing Books:
2014 Biruni Commemoration Vollume, Volume One: Collection of English papers presented in the First Biruni
International conference – 05-06, 2014, Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2014 Biruni Commemoration Vollume, Volume Two: Collection of Persian papers presented in the First Biruni
International conference – 05-06, 2014, Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2014 Collection of English and Persian papers’ abstracts submitted in the First Biruni International conference –
05-06, 2014, Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2014 Collection of English and Persian papers’ abstracts submitted in the 2nd Biruni Interdisciplinary
International conference – 05-06, 2014, Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
8.3. Other Books:
2008 A handbook for reading, writing and speaking Hindi [writing in progress]
2005 – date A handbook for writing and reading Bengali [under the process of publication]
2007 Workbook for Bengali Listening and Speaking Materials [See CETL above]

4. 4
1996 Āmi Pralay Dekhechi (I have seen the disaster), collection of my Bengali poems, published by
Rehana Akter Bhuyan, in February, 1996.
1993 A booklet on Āmāder Jībane Rājnīti o Arthanīti (Politics and Economic in our life), Madrasa
Students Association, Dhaka, October-1993.
9. Participation in Seminars in home and abroad:
I have attended 12 international conferences and seminars in different universities in India, Pakistan, Iran including
the European Conferences on Modern South Asia in UK and Germany from 1993 to 2008 and presented many
research papers and lectures in English, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and taken part in expressing observation and
comments.
9.1. Conferences (in Persian, Urdu and Hindi):
1. Participated in the First Regional Seminar on Cultural Relation Between Iran and the Sub-continent, held in
Islamabad, Pakistan at 1993 and presented a paper on ‘Khadamāte Dāneshmandāne Shibhe Qārreh beh Jabān
o Adābite Fārsī’ (Contribution of the Intelligentsia of the Sub-continent to Persian Language and
Literature). The article is published in a collection of the seminar papers.
2. Participated in Attar International Congress jointly organized by UNESCO and Islamic Republic of Iran in
Nishapur, Iran at October-1995 and presented a paper on ‘Jendegī o Abc
aāde Gunāgune Shakhsiāte c
Attār’
(The life of Attar and deferent aspects of his personality). The article is published in a collection of the
Seminar papers.
3. Participated in “First International Persian Teachers Conference” held in Jan. 1996 at Tehran and presented a
paper on ‘Moshkelāte Jabāne Fārsī dar Bangāadesh o Rāhe Halle Ān’ (Problems of Persian studies in
Bangladesh and some proposals). The article is published in a collection of the seminar papers.
4. Participated in the 18th
All India Persian Teachers Conference held in December, 1996 at Rumpur Raza Library,
Rumpur, U.P. India and presented a paper on “Vadyiāte konunie
Marākāje Amujeshe Fārsī der Banglādesh” (Present condition of the Persian Teaching Centre in
Bangladesh).
5. Participated in the 19th
All India Persian Teachers Conference held in September, 1997 at Gujrat University,
India, and delivered a lecture on “Rvāvete rān o Hind” (Indo-Iranian relations).
6. Participated in the 21st
All India Persian Teachers conference held in October 1999 at Chandigahr University,
Panjab, India and delivered a lecture on “Taqārone Lugavī baine Avestā o Vedā” (Lexicographic affinities
between Avesta And Vedic Language).
9.2. Conference papers in Persian
1996 Participated in “First International Persian Teachers Conference” held in Jan. 1996 at Tehran and presented
a paper on ‘Moshkelāte Jabāne Fārsī dar Bangāadesh o Rāhe Halle Ān’ (Problems of Persian studies in
Bangladesh and some proposals). The article is published in a collection of the seminar papers.
1995 Participated in Attar International Congress jointly organized by UNESCO and Islamic Republic of Iran in
Nishapur, Iran at October-1995 and presented a paper on ‘Jendegī o Abc
aāde Gunāgune Shakhsiāte c
Attār’
(The life of Attar and deferent aspects of his personality). The article is published in a collection of the
Seminar papers.
1993 Participated in the First Regional Seminar on Cultural Relation Between Iran and the Sub-continent, held in
Islamabad, Pakistan at 1993 and presented a paper on ‘Khadamāte Dāneshmandāne Shibhe Qārreh beh
Jabān o Adābite Fārsī’ (Contribution of the Intelligentsia of the Sub-continent to Persian Language
and Literature). The article is published in a collection of the seminar papers.
1992 Mathāyel o Mushkelāte Jabāne Fārsī dar Banglādesh (Problems of Persian Language in Bangladesh),
written in Persian (News Letter, Council for the Development of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran,
Iran, Vol. 14, Shahriver, 1371 (1992)
9.3. Conference papers (in English):
2008 Participated in the 20th
European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies held in University of
Manchester, held in July 2008 from 8 – 11, and presented a paper on “Syncretism, mysticism and artistry in
Alaol’s and Jayasi’s Padmāvatī : a comparative study.”
2007 Participated in a conference – The Battle of Plassey – on the occasion of the observation of 250 years of the
Battle held on 23rd
June 2007 organised by Brick Lane Circle, London; and presented a joint paper [with
Shakur, Taslim] entitled ‘Popular perceptions versus authoritative constructions of Plassey’.

5. 5
2006 ‘Influence of Attar’s Mantiqut Tair on Alaol’s and Jayasi’s Padmavati: A special reference to Fana and
baqa’, presented in The Sixth Biennial of Iranian Studies, 3-5 August 2006, held at SOAS.
2002 Participated in the 17th
European Conference on South Asian Studies in The University of Heidelberg
from September 9-14, 2002 and presented a paper on “Development of Bengali Literature During Muslim
Rule in Bengal”.
2002 Presented a paper on Iranian Influence on Bangladesh Culture, at Dialogue among Civilization
Conference, held on 6 - 7 February 2002, organized by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in collaboration
with the Iranian Cultural Centre, Dhaka, Bagnladesh.
2000 Participated in the 16th
European Conference on South Asian Studies in Edinburgh held from September
5 - 9, 2000 and presented a paper on “Impact of Persian Language and Literature in Bengal”.
2000 Presented a paper on “Indo-Iranian Relation during the Vedic and Avestic period” at a seminar organized
by The Center for Social Science Research, Dhaka University, in August, 2000, and it is published in
Center’s Journal.
2000 Participated in a conference entitled “Civilisational and Cultural Cooperation” organized by The University
of Bombay incolaboration with The Iranian Cultural Center in Bombay on the 5th
–9th, March, 2000 and
presented a paper on “Historical Background of Cultural Relation Between Iran and the Sub-continent”.
1999 Participated in the 21st
All India Persian Teacher’s Conference held in October 1999 at Chandigar
University, Punjab, India and delivered a lecture on “Indo-Iranian Relations during the Vedic and Avestic
period”.
10. Published Papers in Persian
2014 ‫قاره‬ ‫شبه‬ ‫و‬ ‫ایران‬ ‫بین‬ ‫فرهنگی‬ ‫روابط‬ ‫و‬ ‫تاریخی‬ ‫سوابق‬ [Historical Banckgraound and Cultural Relations between Iran
and the Sub-continent, Biruni Commemoration Vollume, ed. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah, Vol. Two,
Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2011 ‫عطار‬ ‫عصر‬ ‫در‬ ‫خراسان‬ ‫اجتماعی‬ ‫و‬ ‫سیاسی‬ ‫اوضاع‬ [Social and Political Situation of Khorasan during the period of
Attar, Dhaka University Journal of Persian, Department of Persian Language Language and Literature,
University of Dhaka, Dhaka.
1996 ‘Moshkelāte Jabāne Fārsī dar Bangāadesh o Rāhe Halle Ān’ (Problems of Persian studies in
Bangladesh and some proposals). The article is published in a collection of the papers presented in the
First International Persian Teachers Conference held in Jan. 1996 at the University of Tehran.
1995 ‘Jendegī o Abc
aāde Gunāgune Shakhsiāte c
Attār’ (The life of Attar and deferent aspects of his
personality). The article is published in a collection of the papers presented in ‘Attar International
Congress’ jointly organized by UNESCO and Islamic Republic of Iran in Nishapur, Iran in October-1995.
1993 ‘Khadamāte Dāneshmandāne Shibhe Qārreh beh Jabān o Adābite Fārsī’ (Contribution of the
Intelligentsia of the Sub-continent to Persian Language and Literature). The article is published in a
collection of the of the papers presented in the ‘First Regional Seminar on Cultural Relation Between Iran
and the Sub-continent’, held in Islamabad, Pakistan at 1993.
1992 ‘Mathāyel o Mushkelāte Jabāne Fārsī dar Banglādesh’ (Problems of Persian Language in Bangladesh),
written in Persian, News Letter, Council for the Development of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran,
Iran, Vol. 14, Shahriver, 1371 (1992).
11. Published Papers in English:
2014 Historical Background and Cultural Relations between Iran and the Sub-continent, Biruni Commemoration
Vollume, ed. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah, Vol. One, Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation, Dhaka.
2007 ‘The development of Bengali literature during Muslim rule’, published in South Asia Cultural Studies,
(SACS online http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/sacs/LatestIssue.htm.), Edge Hill University, Lancashire, June
2007, Vol. 1, No 2, pp. 44-54,
2006 ‘Syncretism, mysticism and artistry in Jayasi and Alaol’s Padmāvatī’, a paper prepared for 19th
European
Conference on Modern South Asian studies held in Leiden University, and accepted for publication in
collection of papers of the conference [Bengal studies].
2003 10 articles on socio-cultural and literary history of Bengal and a single entry on the holy Quran, altogether
comprising about 19000 words, have been published in Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of
Bangladesh, ed. Sirajul Islam, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2003.
2002 ‘Lexicographic affinities between Persian and Bengali language’, published in the Journal of the
department of Linguistics, SOAS, University of London, December 2002.
2001 luence of Persian in the Sub-continent During the Ghaznavid Period, published in Social Science Review,
The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Vol. 18, No. 2, December 2001, PP. 227-230.
2000 ‘Indo-Iranian Relation during the Vedic and Avestic period’, published in The Journal of the Center for
Social Science Research, Dhaka University, 2000.

6. 6
1999 ‘Origin and Development of Persian Drama in Iran’, published in The Dhaka University Studies, Vol. 56,
No. 1. June 1999.
1997 ‘Indo-Iranian Thought: A World Heritage’, Published in The Dhaka University Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2,
December 1997, PP. 227-231.
1994 ‘Origin and Development of Tazia in Iran’, published in The Dhaka University Studies, The Journal of the
Faculty of Arts, Vol. 51, No. 2, December 1994. PP. 89-96.
12. Published Papers in Bengali:
2003 10 articles on socio-cultural and literary history of Bengal and a single entry on the holy Quran,
altogether comprising about 19000 words, have been published in Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia
of Bangladesh, ed. Sirajul Islam, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2003.
2000 ‘Haztat Shekh Sādi: Jīban-o-Sāhitya Karma’ (Hazrat Shaikh Sadi: Life and literary works) Quarterly
Research Journal of the Islamic Foundation, Bangladesh, Oct-December, 2000, Dhaka, P. 101-115.
1995 ‘Pharsī bhāsāy najrul smārak grantha’ (Nazrul Memorial Book in Persian), Sāhitya Patrikā, the Journal
of the Department of Bengali, Dhaka University, Vol. 38, No. 2, February-1995 P 183-195.
1995 ‘Bānglā bhāsāy ārabi fārsi śabda o avidhān’ (Persian and Arabic words in Bengali Language and
Dictionary). Sāhity Patrikā, the Journal of the Department of Bengali, Dhaka University, Vol. 38, No. 3,
June-1995 P 157-180.
2004 Billah, A. M. Arif, and Uddin, Kamal ‘Jālāluddīn rumī: kabi o suphi’ (Jalaluddin Rumi: A poet and
Sufi), published in The Journal of Centre for Advance Social Science Research, University of Dhaka, Vol.
5, December, 2004, pp. 79-95.
1994 ‘Sufi Kabi Mawlānā Rumī’ (Maolana Jala Uddin Rumi as a Mystic Poet). The High Court Majar
Quarterly, Dhaka. September-December-1994, P 1055-1061.
1991 ‘Āllāma Iqbāler khudi darśan’ (Allama Iqbal’s Philosophy of the self) NewsLetter, September, 1991.
1990 ‘Ferdawsi o tār śāhnāmā’ (Ferdusi and his Shahnama) News Letter, monthly magazine of the Iranian
Cultural Centre, Dhaka, December, 1990, P 17-28
13. Interests:
Major Languages, culture and faiths of South Asia, literatures of Asia; Ideology, Indo-Persian historical, literary and
cultural relations, Indo-Iranian philology, Middle eastern and south Asian literary, cultural, mythological and
religious and Sufi traditions. Human development; Identity, minority and ethnicity; society, religion and state.
14. Founding Chairman,
Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation (ARBF), Dhaka, Bangladesh
15. References:
Dr, Kulsoom Abul Basher
Professor
Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
Dr. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah Dated: 30/03/2015
Associate Professor
Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Ex-Chairman, Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Founding Chairman, Abu Rayan Biruni Foundation
Dhaka, Bangladesh

7. 6
1999 ‘Origin and Development of Persian Drama in Iran’, published in The Dhaka University Studies, Vol. 56,
No. 1. June 1999.
1997 ‘Indo-Iranian Thought: A World Heritage’, Published in The Dhaka University Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2,
December 1997, PP. 227-231.
1994 ‘Origin and Development of Tazia in Iran’, published in The Dhaka University Studies, The Journal of the
Faculty of Arts, Vol. 51, No. 2, December 1994. PP. 89-96.
12. Published Papers in Bengali:
2003 10 articles on socio-cultural and literary history of Bengal and a single entry on the holy Quran,
altogether comprising about 19000 words, have been published in Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia
of Bangladesh, ed. Sirajul Islam, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2003.
2000 ‘Haztat Shekh Sādi: Jīban-o-Sāhitya Karma’ (Hazrat Shaikh Sadi: Life and literary works) Quarterly
Research Journal of the Islamic Foundation, Bangladesh, Oct-December, 2000, Dhaka, P. 101-115.
1995 ‘Pharsī bhāsāy najrul smārak grantha’ (Nazrul Memorial Book in Persian), Sāhitya Patrikā, the Journal
of the Department of Bengali, Dhaka University, Vol. 38, No. 2, February-1995 P 183-195.
1995 ‘Bānglā bhāsāy ārabi fārsi śabda o avidhān’ (Persian and Arabic words in Bengali Language and
Dictionary). Sāhity Patrikā, the Journal of the Department of Bengali, Dhaka University, Vol. 38, No. 3,
June-1995 P 157-180.
2004 Billah, A. M. Arif, and Uddin, Kamal ‘Jālāluddīn rumī: kabi o suphi’ (Jalaluddin Rumi: A poet and
Sufi), published in The Journal of Centre for Advance Social Science Research, University of Dhaka, Vol.
5, December, 2004, pp. 79-95.
1994 ‘Sufi Kabi Mawlānā Rumī’ (Maolana Jala Uddin Rumi as a Mystic Poet). The High Court Majar
Quarterly, Dhaka. September-December-1994, P 1055-1061.
1991 ‘Āllāma Iqbāler khudi darśan’ (Allama Iqbal’s Philosophy of the self) NewsLetter, September, 1991.
1990 ‘Ferdawsi o tār śāhnāmā’ (Ferdusi and his Shahnama) News Letter, monthly magazine of the Iranian
Cultural Centre, Dhaka, December, 1990, P 17-28
13. Interests:
Major Languages, culture and faiths of South Asia, literatures of Asia; Ideology, Indo-Persian historical, literary and
cultural relations, Indo-Iranian philology, Middle eastern and south Asian literary, cultural, mythological and
religious and Sufi traditions. Human development; Identity, minority and ethnicity; society, religion and state.
14. Founding Chairman,
Abu Rayhan Biruni Foundation (ARBF), Dhaka, Bangladesh
15. References:
Dr, Kulsoom Abul Basher
Professor
Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Bangladesh
Dr. Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah Dated: 30/03/2015
Associate Professor
Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Ex-Chairman, Department of Persian Language and Literature
University of Dhaka
Founding Chairman, Abu Rayan Biruni Foundation
Dhaka, Bangladesh