In his songs, Hason Raja calls himself 'pagla Hason Raja' 'udasi', 'dewana', 'baula', etc, meaning mad or lost in his love for God. Like the songs of Lalon Shah, Hason Raja's songs rise above communalism and are true for both Hindus and Muslims. Local bauls and fakirs performed his songs which made him nationally famous. Hason Raja composed about a thousand mystic songs in regional dialects and simple but engaging tunes. He had hundreds of Horses, Elephants and ‘Kura’ Birds (a bird found in the marshy areas, which can be used for capturing other birds). He also used to bear the expenses of many needy students of the school. He founded Hason Middle English (ME) School and set up a number of religious organizations and Akhdas. Hason Raja did not have any formal education. He developed a taste for the good things of life, but, when he was older, he renounced the world. He controlled his opponents very strongly, and conquered the hearts of his subjects with affection and honesty. Though young, he was the biggest Zemindar of the-then district of Srihatta, present Sylhet (north eastern district of Bangladesh). The young lad had to assume the responsibility of managing the vast zamindari. Hason lost his elder brother at an early age of 15 years, and only forty days later his father also passed away. Hason grew into a most handsome man with a well-built physique and charming appearance. Hason Raja was descended from Raja Birendra Chandra Singhdev, the Hindu king who became muslim and named himself as Babu Khan. He not only managed his real estates, but also contemplated on the divine vastness of his being. He owned three lakh bighas of landed property. But the whole of his life was shaped in the dream world of his parents. Hason passed his early days on the bank of Surma River, Sylhet. His mother was Hurmat Jahan Begum, a daughter of another zaminder. Originally Hindus, they converted to Islam and moved permanently to Rampasha, Sylhet. Hason's father was Dewan Ali Raja Chowdhury, a zaminder (king), traced his ancestry to Ayodhya. Mystic poet and renowned Zamindar (Land Lord), Dewan Hason Raja Chowdhury was born on 7 Paush 1261 Bangla (22 December 1854) in a Zamindar family in the village of Lakshmansree in present Sunamganj district of Bangladesh. The story about a king who chose to live in a hut instead of a palace.