Gul Bakhsh (Bengali: গুল বখশ, romanizedgul bôkhsh) was a Bengali poet of the late 19th-century.[1] He is mainly known for his magnum opus, Kukikatar Puthi, which was a narrative of the Kuki raids at Chhagalnaiya in 1860.[2] It was written in the puthi format.[3]

Gul Bakhsh
গুল বখশ
OccupationWriter
Notable workKukikatar Puthi

His puthi was featured on the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi Magazine in 1375 B.S. (c. 1969 CE).[4] One 80-year old incomplete manuscript (pages 3 to 17) is preserved at the Puthi Library of the University of Dhaka. Another incomplete manuscript (pages 4 to 17) is preserved at the Central Bengali Development Board.[5]

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  1. ^ Bhattacharjee, Jatindra Mohan (1978). বাংলা পুথির তালিকা সমন্বয় (in Bengali). Asiatic Society. p. 32.
  2. ^ Webster, John Edward (1911). "History". Eastern Bengal and Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 4. Noakhali. Allahabad: The Pioneer Press. p. 30.
  3. ^ Abdul Karim, Munshi; Sharif, Ahmed (1960). Hussain, Syed Sajjad (ed.). A Descriptive Catalogue Of Bengali Manuscripts. Dacca: Asiatic Society of Pakistan. p. 74.
  4. ^ আকাডেমী পত্রিকা. Vol. 11. Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi. June 1999. p. 248.
  5. ^ ইতিহাস সম্মেলন (in Bengali). Parishad. 1968. p. 65.