This is the story of a family that went from the glamour,comfort and security that came with wealth, power and influence resulting from one man's career successes to downfall brought about more from betrayal, greed and lies by people surrounding him than his own failing health.
This is a story really past due its time for most of those who could verify or provide feedback, have gone, I pray, to a better place where the evils of this world cannot follow.
As I get closer to my twilight years, which will be upon me soon, my mental recollections seem to be shaking, Yet, being gifted with the ability of photographic memory that comes with normal people, and I feel above average in this category, I will exert every effort to provide facts and knowledge of events with as much detail and clarity as I am able to.
Of course, nothing can be changed and there is nothing to be gained materially from this narrative, Being the first-born son, I am the forerunner and flagbearer of this family, by traditional birthright given to the oldest male offspring-- a practice accepted for centuries without question by many cultures, I hope to bring some honor and recognition to his name, which has been so sadly forgotten.
His full name was Syed Abul Fazal Mohammad Adbus Sobhan, keeping in line with the practice of giving multiple names to people to announce lineage. I do not mean royalty, but more of persons born in the upper tiers of society. For sure, our predecessors were landowners in a part of Bengal known as Comilla. Our forefathers properties bore our family title "SYED" and was commonly called "SYEDBARI" . A literal translation could be "The House of Syed", much like it was prevalent in England not too long ago. I do know a member of our family tree had in his possession, a family tree chart that clearly went back three generations. Alamgir Nana passed away several years ago and none of us, ever pursued making a copy of it or any effort for its preservation.
(to be continued)
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