Arjumand Ali

[1] Ali was born in 1870, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in eastern Bhadeshwar, Golapganj, located in the Sylhet District of Assam Province.

[2] Through his father, Bande Ali Chowdhury, he was a descendant of the medieval Baro-Bhuiyan chieftain Fateh Khan.

[3] After passing matriculation in 1890, Ali left education and found employment as a school inspector.

The novel was a love story between a Muslim boy and Hindu girl, as well as Ali's personal sorrows.

He was buried in the Rupsa zamindar family graveyard in Faridganj, Chandpur District, and a mazar (mausoleum) was constructed around his grave.