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Professor Dr. Muhammad Athar Ali, son of Marhum Muhammad Ali, a devoted teacher and researcher, was born in a traditional Muslim family of the village Jhinai in the Dhunat upazilla of Bogra district in 1942 A.C. Dr. Ali got his Kamil degree in Hadith (Mumtaz al-Muhaddithin) from the Mustafawiyah 'Aliyah Madrasah, Bogra in 1961 A.C. He did his B.A. (Hons.) in Islamic History and Culture from the University of Rajshahi in 1966 A.C. and took his Master's degree in the same subject in 1967 A.C. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chittagong availing the Chittagong University Fellowship in 1993 A.C. He served the Government Carmichael Collage, Rangpur up to 1976 A.C. He served the Government Carmichael Callage, Rangpur up to 1976 A.C. Then he joined the University of Chittagong in the Department of Islamic History and Culture in the same year. Dr. 'Ali has a good number of articles published in research journals of home and abroad. In personal life he is the father of two daughters and one son.