Islami Bishwakosh (Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্বকোষ, romanized: Islāmī Bishshokōsh, lit.
The project's leading founder was Abdul Haque Faridi, a Bangladeshi educator and scholar.
[1] The first Islami Bishwakosh of Bangladesh project was launched by Bangla Academy.
Work on the encyclopedia was later passed on to the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh for a number of reasons, from which it was later edited more and published.
[4] Whilst Abdul Haque Faridi was president of the encyclopedia's editorial board, 18 volumes were completed during his lifetime.