Masum Khan (Bengali: মাসুম খাঁ; b. 1604) was a zamindar of Bengal. He was the eldest son and successor of Baro-Bhuiyan leader Musa Khan and the grandson of Isa Khan.[2]
Masum Khan | |
|---|---|
| মাসুম খাঁ | |
| Born | 1604[1] |
| Father | Musa Khan |
| Relatives | Isa Khan (grandfather) Syeda Momena Khatun (great grandmother) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (great-great grandfather) |
Early life and family
editMasum Khan was born into a Bengali Muslim Bais Rajput family from Sarail. His father, Musa Khan, and grandfather, Isa Khan, were both prominent leaders of the Baro-Bhuiyan confederacy. His great great grandfather, Bhagirath, migrated from Ayodhya to serve as the Dewan of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah. Khan's great grandfather,[citation needed] Kalidas Gazdani, converted to Islam under the guidance of Ibrahim Danishmand and took the name Sulaiman Khan.[3] Sulaiman married the Sultan's daughter Syeda Momena Khatun, Masum Khan's great grandmother, and received the Zamindari of Sarail.[4]
Rule
editFollowing the death of his father in April 1623, the Subahdar of Mughal Bengal Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang recognised Masum Khan as the successor of Musa's estate.[2]
Masum Khan served in the Siege of Hooghly in 1632 by the Mughal army against the Portuguese. Again he took part in the Mughal invasion of Assam in 1636.[2]
References
edit- ^ Banglapedia link mentions he was 7 in 1611.
- ^ a b c Khan, Muazzam Hossain (2012). "Masum Khan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Hussainy Chisti, Syed Hasan Imam (1999). "Arabic and Persian in Sylhet". In Sharif Uddin Ahmed (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. p. 600. ISBN 978-984-31-0478-6.
- ^ AA Sheikh Md Asrarul Hoque Chisti (2012). "Isa Khan". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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