Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I herea rāua ko tōna whaea me ētahi atu mema o te whānau i tētahi whare i Dhanmondi i te wā o te pakanga o te Whakamatatanga
I te tau 1971, i kitea e Jamal ngā huarahi ki te mawhiti, ki te whakawhiti ki tētahi rohe whakawātea, i reira ia i uru atu ai ki te pakanga ki te whakawātea i te whenua. I a ia e ako ana i te Whare Wananga o Dhaka, i haere a Jamal ki Yugoslavia mo te whakangungu hoia i raro i nga mana o te ope taua o Yugoslavia. I muri mai, i whakangungu ia i te Royal Military Academy Sandhurst i Great Britain. I uru ia ki te ope taua o Bangladesh hei tuarua tuarua i te Rōpū o Bengal ki te Rawhiti.