Shaykh Sayyid Abdul Kareem (1901-2001), known as “Shaykh Kowria” was one of the greatest, leading and senior Islamic scholars in Bangladesh. He was a student of Shaykhul Hadith Allamah Abdur Rahman Amruhi (D. 1947) and a senior successor and student of Shakhul Islam Sayyid Hussain Ahmed Madani (1879–1957) (may Allah ﷻ have mercy on them). He was the longest serving President of Jamiat Ulama Islam and Azad Deeni Idarah Ta’leem Madrasah Board of Bangladesh.