The woman remembered in a very large mango
A Bengali name story connects Fazli with Fazal Bibi and her village of Arapur.
Fazli — Arapur and Malda, West Bengal
Local tradition
A study of mango growers in Murshidabad preserves the account that Fazli was named for Fazal Bibi of Arapur. It is an unusually personal thread in mango history: a woman’s name surviving through a fruit whose reputation became much larger than one orchard.
The source records the naming account, but does not supply contemporary evidence from her lifetime. We keep it as tradition. Fazli’s later identity in Malda is well established, and the name Fazli Babu also appears in the same account.
The names it answers to
- Fazli
- Traditionally associated with Fazal Bibi of Arapur.
- Fazli Babu
- Alternative form recorded in the Murshidabad study.
- Fazri
- A spelling encountered in regional lists; local naming should be checked before assuming identical accessions.