Jangalbari Fort () is a fort situated in Jangalbari village under

Karimganj Upazila Karimganj, officially Sribhumi, is a town in the Karimganj district of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj town is located at . The area of Karimganj Town is 16.09 km2. It has an a ...

Kishoreganj District Kishoreganj District () is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a ''mahakuma'' (sub-division) under Mymensingh District, Mymensingh district. 2495.07 km2 of land was taken from Mymensingh District, Mymensingh district to fo ...

History

After the Battle of Egarasindhur in 1597 AD,

Isa Khan Isa Khan (Middle Bengali: , 17 April 153629 August 1599) was one of 16th-century Baro-Bhuyan chieftains of Bengal. During his reign, he successfully unified the chieftains of Bengal and resisted the Mughal invasion of Bengal. It was only afte ...

took over the Jangalbari Fort from Laksman Singh Hajra. After Musa Khan became loyal to Mughal force, the descendants of Isa Khan transferred their families from

Sonargaon Sonargaon (; ; Literary translation, lit. ''Golden Hamlet (place), Hamlet'') is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It corresponds to the Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division. Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of ...

to Jangalbari Fort. Baro-Bhuyans conquered 12 parganas leading from this fort. The fort covers an area of .

Gallery

File:DG 18-08 EGARO SINDUR JANGAL BARI KISORE GONJ IMG 2667.jpg, Front view of the ruined structure File:Ishakha fort front entrance.jpg, Entrance of the fort File:Ishakha fort interior wall design.jpg, Interior of the fort File:Ishakha fort front pond.jpg, Pond and mosque of the fort File:Ishakha fort Tomb of successors corner view.jpg, Tombs beside the mosque

References

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