Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan
Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (Bengali: দৌলত উজির বাহরাম খান, romanized: Doulot Uzir Bahram Khan), born as Asaduddin, was a 16th-century medieval Bengali poet and the Wazir of Chittagong in southeastern Bengal.
Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan | |
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| Born | Asaduddin Chittagong, modern-day Bangladesh |
| Other names | Daulat Ujir |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | Laily-Majnu, Imam Bijoy |
He is best known for his magnum opus Laily-Majnu which is a thematic Bengali adaptation of Jami's version of the classic tale. Among his other notable works are long poems such as Imam Bijoy which was a retelling of the 7th-century Battle of Karbala that had taken place in Iraq.
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