Mullah Mu'hammad Shamez-ud'din Ahmed was the hereditary Qadi of Natore, seated at Singra Upazila in the erstwhile Indian Empire .
Background
Born in the British Empire before the First World War, he was the son of Mullah Muhammad Jasim ud'din Ahmed, who was a relative of Muhammad Faiz-ud'din Ahmed, the father of Muhammad Zunaid Ahmed. His paternal line was descended from Mullah Shah Badakhshi and were minor aristocrats (Mullahbare Qadi family). His father, a landowner in Shercole, maintained residences in the Bombay Presidency (near the present day Indian city of Mumbai) and in Darjeeling (then part of Nepal).
Education
He attended Naogaon K.D. Government High School from where he matriculated in the mid 1930s.
Career
He was an only son, and his father died in his youth at 1923, and his mother, Khadeja Khanem was regent during his minority. Succession
He would maintain all the civil records as well. He would also retain a small army or force to ensure that his rulings are enforced.
Over the centuries, this profession became a title within the families, and the power remained within one family in a region. Throughout South Asia, various such families are found who descended through their ancestors and retained the lands and position. Each family is known by the town or city that their ancestors controlled.
Family
Akhtar Hussain the former General Manager of Bangladesh National Oils. Abu Naser Muhammad Asad-uz-zaman, a professor in Bogra, died 1997. Colonel Muhammad Shahid Sarwar, military commander of Rajshahi, the family's home state
Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Sarwar Alam, military officer.
Gulroze Nahar Chowdhury, a lawyer.