Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh 4.75

Shahzadpur (Bengali:
শাহজাদপুর) is an Upazila of
Sirajganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Makhdum Shah Daulah Shahid was a Fourteenth Century Muslim saint recognized for his preaching of Islam in northern India. He was martyred at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj District,
Rajshahi District in what is now northwestern Bangladesh.

Makhdum Shah was the second son of Muaz bin Jabal, a king of Yemen. Together with some
twenty companions, he
travelled east by the land route through Bukhara and into India preaching Islam. Eventually they settled in Shahzadpur, at the time part of a Hindu kingdom. The king was
displeased with the disruption caused by Makhdum Shah and
his followers and ordered them expelled from his kingdom. Makhdum Shah refused to comply and he and nearly all of
his followers were killed.
Makhdum Shah is buried
beside the old Shahi mosque at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj District.

Shahzadpur thana was
established in 1845 and was turned into an upazila in 1982. Shahzadpur Upazila has 16 Unions/Wards, 226 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 279 villages. Shahzadpur is also a municipal
town, consisting of 9 wards and 31 mahallas. The area of the town is 19.52 km2. The town has a population of 65897; male 51.95% and
female 48.05%. The density of population is 3376 per km2. Literacy rate among the town
people is 34.5%. The town has one dakbungalow.

Places of interest: Shahzadpur is emotionally connected with the fond memory of the Nobel-lauriete Poet Rabindranath Tagore,
who used to stay here in
connection with administration of his father's zamindary. He
wrote a lot of verses while living here. His Kuthibari (revenue office) is still there like the other place, Shilaidaha in
Kushtia district.

School and College: Shahzadpur Pilot High School.
Shahzadpur Government
College