He is popularly known as Shah Putla and his tomb is present in a mazar (mausoleum) in South Bhadeshwar, on the banks of the Kura river near Maqambazar.

[2] In the 1760s, Sheikh Faizullah was invited to Bhadeshwar by the Zamindars of Dhakauttar and Dhakadakshin after stopping them from being exiled by Ikramullah Khan, the Mughal administrator of Sylhet.

Faizullah was the bakhshi (paymaster) of Ikramullah Khan and a descendant of the 14th-century Arab immigrant Sheikh Karam Muhammad.

It borders the Kushiyara River in the east, Ghilachhara and Mogla Bazar in the west, Dhakadakshin and Lakshanabandh in the north and Sharifganj Union in the south.

The rainy season from April to October is hot and humid with very heavy showers and thunderstorms almost every day, whilst the short dry season from November to February is very warm and fairly clear.

Maqaam Bazar is famous from freshwater fish and locally produced.

Mirganj Bazar once attracted merchants from all over the subcontinent during the time of Mughal empire.

Bhadeshar was a well-renowned place to study in Assam province during British Raj.

Bhadeshwar Women's College, founded in 1989, received the best educational institute in Bangladesh award in 2002.