Syed Taqi Mohammad, a distinguished Urdu poet, popularly known as Buddan Saheb, has passed away. He was 76.
He breathed his last at around 8:00pm last night at his home in the Sat Rawza area of Old Dhaka.
His eldest son, Syed Ahmed Ali, confirmed the death to The Daily Star.
“My father suffered a stroke in 2023. He had been ill ever since, and we had been treating him at home. His physical condition deteriorated significantly three months ago. Since then, he had been unable to eat by mouth,” he said.
Taqi’s namaz-e-janaza was held after Zohr prayers today at the Hussaini Dalan Imambara in Old Dhaka. He was later buried at the family graveyard in Sat Rawza area.
Syed Taqi Mohammad was born on January 14, 1950, into a Mughal family in Sat Rawza area. His father, Nawab Syed Ali Mohammad (Chottan Saheb), was a prominent zamindar of Dhaka.