Obaidul Haque

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{other people|Ubaydul Haq}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Obaidul Haque | honorific_suffix = Wazirpuri | native_name = ওবায়দুল হক উজ়িরপুরী | image = Obaidul Haque.jpg | office = Member of Parliament | prime_minister = [[Khaleda Zia]] | constituency = [[Sylhet-5]] | term_start = 27 February 1991 | term_end = 1996 | predecessor = [[Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar]] | successor = [[Abdul Kahir Chowdhury]] | birth_date = 2 January 1934<ref>{{cite book|language=bn|script-title=bn:পঞ্চম জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্য প্রামাণ্য গ্রন্থ|author=Ahmad Ullah|publisher=সুচয়ন প্রকাশন|page=232|year=1992}}</ref> | birth_place = Wazirpur, Kholachhora, [[Zakiganj Upazila|Zakiganj]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet District]], [[British Raj]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|1|17|1934|1|2}} | death_place = [[Sylhet District]], [[Bangladesh]] | party = [[Islami Oikya Jote]]<br />[[Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis]] }} '''Obaidul Haque''' ({{langx|bn|ওবায়দুল হক}}; 1934–2008) was a politician, teacher and a member of parliament for [[Sylhet-5]].

==Early life and education== Obaid was born on 2 January 1934 into a [[Bengali Muslim]] in the village of Wazirpur in Kholachhora Union, [[Zakiganj Upazila|Zakiganj]], [[Sylhet District]], [[Bangladesh]]. He completed his primary education locally, before enrolling as a student at the Dubag Junior High School up until class 8. He then studied at the Ranaping Arabia Hussainia Madrasa in Dhakauttar, [[Golapganj Upazila|Golapganj]]. After that, he studied at the Ashraful Uloom Madrasa in Bara Katara, [[Dhaka]].<ref name=":2">{{citation|language=bn|script-title=bn:মাওলানা ওবায়দু�� হক উজিরপুরী (এম.পি) রাহ.|trans-title=Maolana Obaydul Haq Uzirpuri (M.P) Rah.|year=2018|author=Mahbub, Salatur Rahman}}</ref> In addition to Bengali, Obaid was fluent in [[Urdu]] and [[Arabic]].

==Career== Obaid began his career as a teacher at the Lalarchak Madrasa in Rajaganj Union, [[Kanaighat Upazila|Kanaighat]] under the instruction of his teacher Riyasat Ali. In 1960, he became a teacher at the Ranaping Arabia Hussainia Madrasa which he continued to do as a teacher of Hadith there until his death. He served as the former co-president of the [[Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh]] and president of the Azad Deeni Edaraye Talim Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Obaid was elected to parliament from Sylhet-5 as a [[Islami Oikya Jote]] candidate in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siddiquee |first1=Iqbal |date=12 August 2006 |title=BNP-Jamaat at odds over nomination in Sylhet-5 |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/12/d60812070397.htm |access-date=12 April 2020 |work=The Daily Star |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011141152/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/12/d60812070397.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Death== Obaid died on 17 January 2008. He was buried near the Wazirpur Jame Mosque in Sheola-Zakiganj Road. His son was Dr Shamsul Haque.<ref name=":2" />

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