Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir

[9] Jahangir was born on 5 November 1958 in the village of Dignagar in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah subdivision, which was then located in the Jessore District of East Pakistan.

He remained at the madrasa, graduating with fazil (honours) in 1977, and then completed kamil (masters) in Hadith studies at the Government Madrasah-e-Alia in Dhaka.

In addition to his Islamic education, Jahangir under took examinations for SSC and HSC at the Government Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy College in Magura and topped the Jessore Board.

At that time, those who had won the first place in Bangladesh's education boards were taken on a boat trip with erstwhile President Ziaur Rahman as part of the state honours.

[20][21] Jahangir received two consecutive Student awards from the King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and the Governor of Riyadh, Salman bin Abdulaziz.

According to Abdus Salam Azadi, more than 300 foreign students (mainly Americans) converted to Islam as a result of the dawah of Abdullah Jahangir and Zaghloul El-Naggar.

[6] The second institution that Jahangir founded was Al-Faruq Academy which provides a two-year advanced hadith studies programme for both Alia and Qaumi students.

[31] Among his written works are:[32] Abdullah Jahangir died in a road accident on spot on 11 May 2016, on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Magura in a collision involving his car with a covered-van.

[41][42][43] In 2017, a memoir book was written and dedicated to Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir titled Preronar Batighor (Beacon of Inspiration) edited by Abul Kalam Azad Azhari of the Bangladesh National Mufassir Council.

[44] The book contains his biography, and memoirs written by Emajuddin Ahamed (former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University), poet Al Mahmud, advocate Muhammad Abdur Rouf and economist Shah Abdul Hannan.

In 2020, As-Sunnah Publications released an official biography titled Juger Mohan Dai Dr. Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (Rahimahullah) and it contains memoirs written by several Islamic scholars of Bangladesh.