The Bir King was a famous king of Birbhum before Muslim rule. Asaduzzaman Khan was an army chief who killed the Bir King and conquered Rajnagar where he established a Muslim sultanate.[1]
According to local history, in 1350 AD there were some quarrels between Laxmanawati and Subarnagram, and the ancestors of Bir King had set up a capital at Lakknur (Rajnagar). the Bir Kings were two brothers, Bir Singh and Mallar Singh. Mallarpur has named after Mallar Singh.[2]
In 1206 AD an army officer of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Muhammad Shiran Khalji defeated the Bir King and conquered Rajnagar. The queen committed suicide at a nearby pond.[3]
References
edit- ^ সেনগুপ্ত, দয়াল. "প্রাচীন রাজধানী ঘিরে গড়ে উঠুক পর্যটন কেন্দ্র". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "বীরভূম নাম হল কিভাবে". সববাংলায় (in Bengali). 21 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Marshall, P. J. (February 1987). "Ranjan Kumar Gupta: The economic life of a Bengal district: Birbhum: 1770–. xvi, 352 pp. Burdwan: University of Burdwan, 1984". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 50 (1): 157–158. doi:10.1017/s0041977x00053593. ISSN 0041-977X.
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