Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mauheretia me tona whaea me etahi atu mema o te whanau i tetahi whare i Dhanmondi i te wa o te
i te Pakanga Whakaputanga i te tau 1971, i kitea e Jamal nga huarahi ki te mawhiti me te whakawhiti ki tetahi rohe whakaoranga, i reira i uru atu ai ia ki te pakanga ki te whakaoranga 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.