Rahimunnessa, Kavi Srimati (18th century) Bengali poet whose writings were discovered by muhammad enamul haq. Her personal background was identified by muhammad shahidullah who found one of her manuscripts, which indicated that she was born in the village of Shulukbahar in chittagong at the inception of British rule. Her father was Abdul Qadir and grandfather was a Sufi sage, Jangli Saha.

Rahimunnessa's forefathers came from Makkah and settled in Chittagong. She lost her father in childhood and was deprived of a proper religious education-at the time, the only education given to women. Rahimunnessa was one four siblings. Her youngest brother, Abdul Gaffar, who was well-versed in Islamic knowledge, taught her Islamic theology. Her mother supported her literary interests. Her poetry is written in medieval Bangla. [Ali Nawaz]