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Majumder–Zia family

{{Short description|Bangladeshi political family}}

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| founder = {{ubl|Kamaluddin Mandal (Zia family)|Murad Khan (Majumder family)}}

| current_head = Khaleda Zia

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| members = * Ziaur Rahman

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| distinctions = Political prominence within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party

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The Majumder–Zia family ({{langx|bn|মজুমদার–জিয়া পরিবার}}), or simply the Zia family ({{lang|bn|জিয়া পরিবার}}), is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families, alongside the Sheikh family, it leads the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Members of the family include – Ziaur Rahman served as army chief and later President of Bangladesh and Khaleda Zia as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, while several others have been members of the parliament.

Background of the families

= Mandals of Mahishaban =

Kakar Mandal was the great-grandson of Muminuddin Mandal (d. 1840), a powerful leader and Mandal from the village of Mahishaban in Gabtali, Bogra. Muminuddin Mandal's influence was spread out across Gabtali, Sukhanpukur and other areas west of the Jamuna River.{{citation|script-title=bn:শহীদ জিয়ার জন্ম বংশ পরিচয় ও শৈশব|language=bn|author=Shiqdar, Tamim}}

  • Kamaluddin Mandal (born 1854): He was the only son of Kakar Mandal. He was a moulvi and local educationist who served as the principal of Bagbari Minor School. He moved from Mahishaban to Bagbari after marrying Begum Meherunnisa. His wife's ancestors migrated from Iran to Balurghat, Ghoraghat during the Mughal period, and moved to Bogra during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. It was from this marriage that Kamaluddin Mandal inherited land from that landowning family in the village of Bagbari and moved there.{{cite web|url=https://ziaurrahmanbd.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%89%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8/|website=Ziaur Rahman|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712153629/https://ziaurrahmanbd.com/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%89%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8/|archive-date=12 July 2022|script-title=bn:জাতীয়তাবাদী চেতনার উৎস "প্রেসিডেন্ট জিয়াউর রহমান"|author=Malek, M. A.}}
  1. Mahmud Mandal: Skin merchant
  2. Zahiruddin Mandal: Landlord
  3. Mazhabuddin Mandal
  4. Moazzam Hossain Mandal: Engineer.
  5. Mansur Rahman Mandal (died 1966): chemist who specialised in paper and ink chemistry and worked for a government department at Writers' Building in Kolkata. He married Jahanara Khatun
  6. Rezaur Rahman Mandal, marine engineer
  7. Mizanur Rahman Mandal, economist
  8. Ziaur Rahman (see below)
  9. Ahmad Kamal Mandal (d. 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/late-president-ziaur-rahmans-younger-brother-ahmed-kamal-passes-away-1495513|title=Zia's brother Kamal passes away|date=23 November 2017|website=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|language=en|access-date=25 August 2019}}
  10. Khalilur Rahman Mandal (d. 2014): He was a pharmacist based in Maryland and had three daughters.{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/30/zias-younger-brother-dies-in-us|title=Zia's younger brother dies in US|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=14 April 2020|date=30 March 2014}}
  11. Major Muhammad Mamtazur Rahman Mandal: Medical officer for Pakistan Army
  12. Mahfuzur Rahman Mandal: Income tax practitioner
  13. Fatema Khatun: Married an SDO under the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
  14. Rahima Khatun: Married detective Muhammad Shamsuddin

= Khan Majumdars of Fulgazi =

  • Murad Khan: Pashtun merchant who arrived to Chittagong in the 17th century, but later moved to Sripur in Fulgazi due to devastating floods in Chittagong{{cite book|title=Bāṅmaẏa Bāṅgāli|language=bn|author=Z. A. Tofayell|year=1991|publisher=Pān̐cagām̐o Prakāśanī|pages=5–6}} He had four sons: Nahar Muhammad Khan, Tahir Muhammad Khan, Phul Muhammad Khan and Arif Muhammad Khan.
  1. Phul Muhammad Khan (son of Murad Khan): He fought under Shamsher Ghazi against the Twipra Kingdom, and gained the title of Ghazi. The area came to be known as Phulgazi, or Fulgazi, after him.
  2. Nahar Muhammad Khan (son of Murad Khan): responsible for building a large reservoir in his palace in 1701, To the west of this reservoir, the family built a three-domed mosque which is now known as the Sripur Jami Mosque and continues to be used today. The Maharaja of Tripura signed a peace treaty with Shamsher Gazi and his forces which included Nahar and Phulgazi. The treaty mentioned that Nahar received 80 droṇ of revenue-free land, 14 zamindari mouzas and the title of Majumdar. These 14 mouzas make up the modern-day Fulgazi Upazila{{cite book|title=Bāṅmaẏa Bāṅgāli|language=bn|author=Z. A. Tofayell|year=1991|publisher=Pān̐cagām̐o Prakāśanī|pages=5–6}}
  3. Azgar Ali Majumdar (eldest of the five sons of Nahar Muhammad Khan): had five sons named Aqamat Ali Majumdar, Hashmat Ali Majumdar, Bashrat Ali Majumdar, Salamat Ali Majumdar and Mafizul Islam Majumdar
  4. Aqamat Ali Majumdar (son of Azgar Ali Majumdar): had no sons
  5. Basharat Ali Majumdar (son of Azgar Ali Majumdar): was a father of two
  6. Hashmat Ali Majumdar (son of Azgar Ali Majumdar): Mazharul Husayn Majumder (son of Hashmat Ali Majumdar): He was also known as Muzzammil Ali Majumdar and became a Sufi pir by the sobriquet of Pir Pagla Dervish (died November 1975)
  7. Mafizul Ali Majumdar (son of Azgar Ali Majumdar): He died before marriage
  8. Salamat Ali Majumdar (son of Azgar Ali Majumdar): He had five sons; most notably Iskandar Majumdar, Mokaddes Hossain Majumder and Zamshed Hossain Majumdar
  9. Iskandar Majumder (son of Salamat Ali Majumdar): tea-businessman who married Begum Taiyaba and migrated to Dinajpur. He had three daughters and two sons.
  10. Shelina Islam: She married Muhammad Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury, was the former vice-chancellor of Islamic University, Bangladesh, professor of economics at the University of Rajshahi and treasurer of Pundra University of Science and Technology
  11. Muhammad Shahrin Islam Chowdhury (Tuhin), was a former parliamentarian (1996)
  12. Saiful Islam Duke
  13. Khurshid Jahan (1939–2006), former Minister of Women and Children Affairs (2001–2006){{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2006/06/13/khurshid-jahan-dies-at-cmh-3rd-lead |title=Khurshid Jahan dies at CMH, 3rd Lead |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=6 August 2019}}
  14. Khaleda Khanam Putul (see below){{Cite news|url=https://www.jugantor.com/politics/15594/একনজরে-খালেদা-জিয়া|script-title=bn:একনজরে খালেদা জিয়া|work=Jugantor|date=8 February 2018|language=bn|access-date=28 July 2019}}
  15. Sayeed Iskander Majumdar (1953–2012), former parliamentarian (2001–2006) and founding chairman of Islamic TV{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-251065 |title=Ex-MP Sayeed Iskander passes away |date=24 September 2012 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |language=en |access-date=6 August 2019}}
  16. Shamim Iskander Majumdar

2. Zamshed Hossain Majumdar (son of Salamat Ali Majumdar), was a prominent businessman, Social and political leader in Feni District, had six sons and four daughters

  1. Zakir Hossain Majumdar Chaad, martyr in 1971 war
  2. Zahid Hossain Majumdar Nonaai, businessman and politician
  3. Zohirul Quium Majumdar Nantu, Government job holder and founding chairman of Islamic TV.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-251065 |title=Ex-MP Sayeed Iskander passes away |date=24 September 2012 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |language=en |access-date=6 August 2019}} had two sons and a daughter

Members of the Majumder-Zia family

See also

References

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