Famous Person Information Of Isa Khan

Isa Khan (c. 1529 – September 1599) was a Muslim Rajput chief who led the Baro Bhuiyans (twelve landlords) and a Zamindar of the Bhati region in 16th-century Bengal. Throughout his reign he resisted the Mughal empire invasion. It was only after his death that the region fell totally under Mughal control.

Administration

Due to his submission, Akbar assigned 24 parganas or administrative units under the ruling of Isa.

• Atia
• Kagmari
• Barabaju
• Sherpur (nowSherpur District)
• Jayan Shahi
• Alapsing
• Mymensingh
• Jafarshah
• Nasirujiral
• Khaliajury
• Gangamandal
• Paitkura
• Bardakhat
• Swarnagram (NowSonargaon Upazila)
• Baradakhat Mandra
• Husainsahi
• Bhawal
• Maheswardi
• Katrar
• Kurikhai
• Jour Husainpur
• Singdha
• Darjibaju
• Hajradi

Marriage

Khan first married Fatema Khan, a descendant from Hossain Shah dynasty. Later he married Sarna Moi, the daughter of Chand Rai of Sripur. After conversion to Islam, Sarna Moi took the name Sona Bibi.

Original sources

Primary

• Akbar-nama/Book of Akbar Volume 3:Ain-i-Akbari
• Memoirs of Bengal by Ralph Fitch
• Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi
• Chronicle of Bhara Buiyans by Baharistan-i-Ghaibi

Secondary

• NK Bhattasali, 'Bengal Chiefs' Struggle for Independence in the Reign of Akbar and Jahangir', Bengal Past and Present, 38, 1929;
• MA Rahim, The History of the Afghans in India, Karachi, 1961;
• Jadunath Sarkar, ed, The History of Bengal, II, Third Impression, 1976;
• Abdul Karim, History of Bengal (Mughal Period), I, Rajshahi, 1992.

References

1. ^ Jump up to:AA Sheikh Md Asrarul Hoque Chisti. "Isa Khan". Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Retrieved2015-05-05.
2. Jump up^ Muhammad Abdur Rahim. Social and cultural history of Bengal.
3. Jump up^ Akbarnama, Volume III, Page 647
4. Jump up^ Chowdhury, Kamal (2005). Banglar Baro Bhuiyan and Maharaj Pratapaditya. p. 163.

Jump upJump up^ Abdul Karim (1992). History of Bengal: From the fall of Daud Karrani, 1576 to the death of Jahangir, 1627. Institute of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi.