Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An tsare shi tare da mahaifiyarsa da sauran 'yan uwa a wani gida a Dhanmondi a lokacin
Yaƙin 'Yanci a 1971, Jamal ya sami hanyar tserewa ya tsallaka zuwa yankin da aka' yantar, inda ya shiga gwagwarmayar 'yantar da ƙasar. Yayinda yake dalibi a Kwalejin Dhaka, Jamal ya yi tafiya zuwa Yugoslavia don horar da sojoji a karkashin jagorancin sojojin Yugoslavia. Daga baya, ya horar da shi a Royal Military Academy Sandhurst a Burtaniya. Ya shiga rundunar sojin Bangladesh a matsayin laftanan na biyu a cikin Rundunar Gabashin Bengal.