[1] Ahmad was born in Satkhira District, Khulna Division, Bengal Presidency, British Raj.
[2] Ahmad translated Urdu-language articles into Bengali for the Sudhakar magazine.
He was a professor of Arabic and Persian languages at St Xavier's College in Kolkata.
The Dhaka Mussalman Suhrid Sammilani, a pro-women's education movement, asked him to write a book for young girls.
In 1890, Mohammad Mozammel Huq, the poet, dedicated his book, Ferdousi Charita, to Ahmad.