Golam Samdani Koraishi

Golam Samdani Quraishy (Bengali: গোলাম সামদানী কোরায়শী; 5 April 1929 – 11 October 1991) was a Bangladeshi poet and writer.

[2] Golam Samdani Quraishy was born on 5 April 1929 at his mother Altafunnesa's home in the village of Kaurat (presently in Kendua Upazila) in Netrokona, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency.

His father, Moulvi Babu Shaykh Abu Asl Muhammad Abdul Karim Qurayshi claimed descent from the Quraysh, an Arab tribe which the Islamic prophet Muhammad and many of his companions belong to.

He proceeded to study at the Government Madrasah-e-Alia in Dhaka where he received his First Class in Jamat-e-Ula (Fadiliyyah), ranking third in 1952.

He then proceeded to the University of Dhaka where he graduated with honours in Bengali Language, ranking fifth on the second class in 1959.