Sadeq Ali

Munshi Muhammad Sadeq Ali (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ সাদেক আলী, Nagri: ꠍꠣꠖꠇ ꠀꠟꠤ), born as Sri Gaur Kishore Sen (Bengali: শ্রী গৌর কিশোর সেন), was a prominent Dobhashi writer, poet and district judge from 19th century Bengal. He is considered to be the most well-known writer to have used the Sylheti Nagri script and this is due to his magnum opus, Halat-un-Nabi (Condition of the Prophet), which gained immense popularity in the Sylhet region and would later be transcribed in the Bengali script. Shree Gour Kishore Sen was born around 1800. In August 1818, he was taught the basics of Islam by Maulvi Muhammad Yusuf. Sen grew an interest in the Arabic and Persian languages, and so he studied under Mir Munshi Abul Fazl, a detective of the Hingazia thana.