Oliur Rahman

Shah Oliur Rahman (Bengali: শাহ ওলিউর রহমান, Persian: شاه ولی الرحمن; 1916 — 20 January 2006) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, writer, politician and female education activist.

Oliur Rahman was born in 1916 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Batiail in Kanaighat, Sylhet District.

In 1968, he founded and directed a Nadiyatul Quran Board training camp; the first of its kind in Sylhet District.

[1][4] It provided education to women regarding tajwid, further Islamic studies, Bengali literature, mathematics, dictation, morals and handicraft.

[1] Prior to the independence of Pakistan, Oliur Rahman was associated with the All-India Muslim League.