Masum Khan
মাসুম খাঁ
Born1604[1]
Bengal
Parent
RelativesIsa Khan (grandfather)
Syeda Momena Khatun (great grandmother)
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (great-great grandfather)

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]

Early life and family

Masum Khan was born into a Bengali Muslim family from Sarail. His father, Musa Khan, and grandfather, Isa Khan, were both prominent leaders of the Baro-Bhuiyan confederacy and were descended from the Bais Rajput clan. 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, Kalidas Gazdani, also served as Dewan and accepted Islam under the guidance of Ibrahim Danishmand, taking on 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

Following 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

  1. ^ Banglapedia link mentions he was 7 in 1611.
  2. ^ 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 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ Hussainy Chisti, Syed Hasan Imam (1999), Sharif Uddin Ahmed (ed.), "Arabic and Persian in Sylhet", Sylhet: History and Heritage, Bangladesh Itihas Samiti: 600, ISBN 978-984-31-0478-6
  4. ^ 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 29 January 2024.


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