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Mubasshar Hussein

architect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6930881 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mubasshar Hussein (Bengali: মোবাশ্বের হোসেন; 27 December 1943 – 2 January 2023) was a Bangladeshi architect, urban planner and educator. He served as President of Institute of Architects Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Mubasshar Hussein was born in Wari, Bangladesh on 27 December 1943. He graduated in architecture from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1972.

Career

Mubasshar Hussein was the principal architect of Assoconsult Ltd. He was the President of Commonwealth Association of Architects. He also served as the president of Architects Regional Council, Asia ARCASIA.

Personal life and death

Hussein died on 2 January 2023, at the age of 79.

Editorial summary

“Mubasshar Hussein” enters the record as architect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mubasshar, Hussein and architect can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1943, 2023, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1943-12-27. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mubasshar, Hussein and architect.
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Why this record matters

“Mubasshar Hussein” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mubasshar, Hussein and architect provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6930881. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1943, 2023 and 1972.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mubasshar Hussein” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.