Ahmad Majid (, ), was a
Faujdar
Faujdar under the Mughals was an office that combined the functions of a military commander along with judicial and land revenue functions. The term faujdar contained pre-Mughal origins. During those times, the term referred to a military offic ...
of
Mughal Bengal
The Bengal Subah ( Bengali: সুবাহ বাংলা, ), also referred to as Mughal Bengal and Bengal State (after 1717), was one of the puppet states and the largest subdivision of The Mughal Empire encompassing much of the Bengal ...
's
Sylhet Sarkar during the reign of Emperor
Aurangzeb
Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, also called Aurangzeb the Conqueror, was the sixth Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707, becomi ...
and governorship of Subahdar
Azim-ush-Shan
Mirza Azim-ush-Shan (15 December 1664 – 18 March 1712) was the second son of the 8th Mughal Emperor Shah Alam I and his Rajput wife Amrit Kanwar. He was the great grandson of Shah Jahan and the grandson of Aurangzeb during whose reign he was ...
.
Career
In 1699, Majid granted some land to
Bharat Das Vaishnav of Dulali in the
Dhakadakshin Pargana as ''devatra''.
The land was later inherited by his son,
Bhabananda Vaishnav.
Several months later, Majid was succeeded as the Faujdar of Sylhet by
Abdullah Shirazi.
See also
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History of Sylhet
The Greater Sylhet district region predominantly included the Sylhet Division in Bangladesh, and Karimganj district in Assam, India. The history of the Sylhet region begins with the existence of expanded commercial centres in the area that is ...
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Lutfullah Shirazi
Mīr Lutfullāh Khān Bahādur Shirāzī (, , ), was a Mughal official who held a number of positions during his life such as the Faujdar of Shujabad Sarkar from 1656 to 1658 and the faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar up until 1663.
Background and or ...
References
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Rulers of Sylhet
Governors in Asia
17th-century Indian Muslims