Faraizi movement

The leader of the Faraizis was called Ustad or teacher, and his disciples shaagird or students (protégé), instead of using the terms like pir and murid.

[1] The landlords levied numerous abwabs (plural form of the Arabic term bab, signifying a door, a section, a chapter, a title).

Haji Shariatullah then intervened to object to such a practice and commanded his disciples not to pay these dishonest cesses to the landlords.

[2][citation needed] The Islamic-led Faraizi movement could be witnessed in various parts of Bengal, with overwhelming Anglo-Bangla agreement for perhaps the very first time.

The outraged landlords built up a propaganda campaign with the British officials, incriminating the Faraizis with a mutinous mood.

[2][additional citation(s) needed] After the death of Haji Shariatullah, his son, Dudu Miyan, led the movement to a more agrarian character.

Nabinchandra Sen, the then sub-divisional officer of Madaripur District, thought it prudent to enter into an alliance of mutual help with the Faraizi leaders, who, in their turn, showed a spirit of co-operation towards the government.

During this time, the conflict of the Faraizis with the Taiyunis, another reformist group reached the climax and religious debates between the two schools of thought had become a commonplace occurrence in East Bengal.