Bonbibi

Amongst its earliest poets, Bayanuddin and Munshi Mohammad Khater are well known and their texts in the Bengali verse meter known as dwipodi-poyar (the two-footed line) are almost similar and are heavily influenced by Persian and Quranic Arabic.

[2] These texts consist of two major episodes, her battle with Dakkhin Rai and the narrative of Dukhe.In The Hungry Tide, his 2004 environmentalist novel, Amitav Ghosh mentioned two accounts of the Bonbibi story of "Dukhey's Redemption.

"[3] In River of Fire, Qurratulain Hyder mentions in a footnote that "Ban-Bibi" is Fatima, daughter of Muhammad and she is revered as the patroness of the woods by the forest dwelling Muslims of Bengal.

At the same time, God decided to send Bonbibi and Shah Jangali from heaven for a divine mission.

When Golalbibi became pregnant, Ibrahim left her in a forest to satisfy his first wife's wish, as he promised her earlier.

The country of eighteen tides (the Sundarbans) was under the control of the demon king Dakkhin Rai, till their arrival.

Once, there were two Moule (honey collector) brothers, Dhona and Mona (or Dhanai and Manai) in a village named Barijhati.

Dhona planned to go for an expedition with a fleet of seven boats to collect honey in a mahal (dense forest) of the country of the eighteen tides but his brother Mona opposed it.

After some arguments with Dakkhin Rai, greedy Dhona agreed to sacrifice Dukhe in exchange for honey and wax.

When Dukhe was about to be killed by Dakkhin Rai in the disguise of a tiger, he started chanting prayers invoking Bonbibi.

[1] The story of Bonbibi is prominent in Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide, Jungle Nama and also referred to in the same author's The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.