Alam, Mahbub-ul was born in 1898. He was a fiction writer and journalist. He was born at his maternal uncle’s residence in Fateybad village in Chittagong district.
Mahbub-ul Alam passed the Entrance Examination in 1916 from Fateyabad M E School and then studied at Chittagong College.
In 1917, during the First World War, he joined a Bengali platoon and was sent to Mesopotamia. In 1919, at the end of the war, he returned home and, in 1920, became Sub-Registrar. He was subsequently promoted to District Sub-Registrar, District Registrar, and Inspector of Registration.
Mahbub-ul Alam received several awards, including the Bangla Academy Award (1965), Pride of Performance (1967), and Ekushey Padak (1978). He died in Chittagong on 7 August 1981.
