Ahmad Majid (Bengali: আহমদ মজিদ, romanized: Ahmôd Môjid, Persian: احمد مجید), was a Faujdar of Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb and governorship of Subahdar Azim-ush-Shan.[1]
Ahmad Majid | |
|---|---|
| আহমদ মজিদ احمد مجید | |
| Faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar | |
| In office 1699 | |
| Monarch | Aurangzeb |
| Governor | Azim-ush-Shan |
| Preceded by | Rafiullah Khan |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Shirazi |
Career
editIn 1699, Majid granted some land to Bharat Das Vaishnav of Dulali in the Dhakadakshin Pargana as devatra.[2] The land was later inherited by his son, Bhabananda Vaishnav.[3]
Several months later, Majid was succeeded as the Faujdar of Sylhet by Abdullah Shirazi.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fazlur Rahman (1991). Sileter Mati, Sileter Manush (in Bengali). Sylhet District: M A Sattar.
- ^ Syed Mohammad Ali. "A chronology of Muslim faujdars of Sylhet". The Proceedings Of The All Pakistan History Conference. Vol. 1. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society. p. 280.
- ^ Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910]. Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho (in Bengali). Kolkata: Kotha. p. 186.
- ^ Syed Murtaza Ali (1965). Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sileter Itihas. p. 297.