Halot-un-Nobi

Halot-un-Nobi, literally Condition of the Prophet is a famous Sylheti puthi literature written in Sylheti Nagri script. It was written by Sadeq Ali and believed to be his magnum opus. It is a printed Puthi of 275 pages based on the Prophet’s life and times publised in the mid nineteens. The most widely read and popular book, Halotunnabi is a Biographical Story. By printing this book in 1870, Sylheti Nagri entered in the era of printing. It was done by the Islamia Press and Munshi Abdul Karim. This Puthi is considered as one of the best literary works in Sylheti Nagri. Nagri Puthi Kitab Halotunnabi is also recited in the Sylheti cultural functions.

History
Many biographical stories have been written in the Syloti Nagri. So far, 144 books including 88 printed books have been found in Nagri script. Among them, Halotunnobi by Sadek Ali is one of the books printed in Nagri alphabet, is the most popular and widely read book. Because of its popularity, it was started transcribing to Bengali script later. To familiarize Nagri scripts, "Utsho Prokashon" published 25 volumes of ancient Sylheti puthis namely "Nagri Granta Sombhar" in 2014 including Ketab Halot-un-Nobi.