Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Masud i te 6 o Tihema 1956 i te kainga o Nurpur, Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur District, East Pakistan. I tipu ake ia i te kainga o Nurpur ka tiimata tana maatauranga i te kura Islamic (madrasah). E waru tau i ako ai ia ki te pūnaha kura, tae noa ki te raruraru i puta mai i te Pakanga Whakaputanga e iwa marama.
i whakamutua tana mātauranga i te tau 1971. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka uru ia ki te maatauranga whanui, ka whakaoti i tana HSC mai i te Whare Wananga o Notre Dame ka whakaoti i tana tohu paetahi mo te hitori mai i te Whare Wananga o Dhaka.