[5] Al Mahmud was born on 11 July 1936 at Morail Village of Brahmanbaria District in present-day Bangladesh into a Bengali Muslim Zamindar family that had the hereditary title of Mir.

[9] His other notable poetic collections include Arobbo Rojonir Rajhash, Bakhtiyarer Ghora and Nodir Bhitorer Nodi.

[10] In addition to writing poetry, he wrote short stories, novels and essays such as Pankourir Rakta and Upamohadesh.

Al Mahmud's literary work Shonali Kabin[11] published in 1973, is considered as a landmark of Bengali poetry.

[10] Philosopher Sibnarayan Ray commented: Al Mahmud has an extraordinary gift for telescopic discrete levels of experience; in his poems I find a marvelous fusion and wit which reminds me occasionally of Bishnu Dey.