Lutfullah Shirazi

Mīr Lutfullāh Khān Bahādur Shirāzī (Persian: مير لطف الله خان بهادر شيرازي, Bengali: মীর লুৎফুল্লাহ খান বাহাদুর শিরাজী, Meitei: ꯃꯤꯔ ꯂꯨꯠꯐꯨꯜꯂꯥꯍ ꯈꯥꯟ ꯕꯍꯥꯗꯨꯔ ꯁꯤꯔꯥꯖꯤ), 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.

Mir
Lutfullah Khan Shirazi
Faujdar of Kamrup/Shujabad
In office
1656–1658
MonarchShah Jahan
GovernorShah Shuja
Preceded byNoorullah Khan Herati
Succeeded byUnknown
Faujdar of Sylhet
In office
1658–1663
MonarchAurangzeb
GovernorMir Jumla II
Preceded bySultan Nazar
Succeeded byIsfandiyar Beg
Personal details
ChildrenMotiullah Khan (son)
RelativesSunarful (descendant)

Background and origin
Ahom King Sukhrungphaa is said to have continued to pay great attention to Powa-Makkah Mosque in Hajo even after the Mughal expulsion in 1682.

Shirazi was of Persian descent, originally from the Iranian city of Shiraz.[1]

Career
Shah Jalal's mausoleum.

Documents show that Shirazi was a commander for the Subahdar of Bengal, Shah Shuja. He succeeded Noorullah Khan Herati as Faujdar of Shujabad Sarkar (Kamrup region) in 1656. In 1657, Shirazi built the hilltop mosque at Hajo, known as Powa-Makkah Barmaqam. It contained the shrine of Ghiyath ad-Din Awliya, an Iraqi prince and preacher commonly credited for introducing Islam to the region.[2] Shirazi was a disciple of Shah Syed Niamatullah of Karnal and he was visited by the Shah in this mosque according to inscriptions.[3][4]

As Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam commenced, Shirazi fled from Guwahati to Dhaka in 1658 after the Ahoms and the Koch Biharis rebelled, being led by their rulers Supangmung and Pran Narayan respectively. In Dhaka, he was then appointed the faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar and migrated there, replacing Sultan Nazar. In 1660, he established a strong enclosure in Shah Jalal's dargah in Sylhet town and also built a small mosque next to it. The Persian inscription stating this is still in existence today.[5][6]

He granted Pandit Raghunath Bisharad of Shamshernagar three and a half haals of land in Ita Pargana in 1663.[7][8]

Legacy

Sunarphool was a member of Shirazi's family .[9] During the reign of King Paikhomba (r.1666–1697) of nearby Manipur, a Muslim nobleman called Muhammad Sani presented gold and elephants to the King in return that he allows more Muslims to reside in his kingdom. The king accepted, and Sunarphool moved to Manipur on Muhammad Sani's request where he lived for the rest of his life. The Pangals that belong to the Makak Angouba clan are descendants of Lutfullah Shirazi through Sunarphool.[10]

See also

References
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  2. Goswami, Māmaṇi Raẏachama (2002). "Down Memory Lane". An Unfinished Autobiography. p. 67.
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  4. Balakrishnan, Srinivasan. "The Masjid atop the mountain". Tripura Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  5. Chowdhury, Mujibur Rahman (2 Oct 2019). "গৌড়-বঙ্গে মুসলিম বিজয় এবং সুফি-সাধকদের কথা". Sylheter Dak. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. Jobrul Alom Shumon (25 August 2015). "ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্যে আমাদের সিলেট-পর্ব ০৫" [The tradition and history of our Sylhet - Part 03] (in Bengali). SBDNews24.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. Syed Mohammad Ali. "A chronology of Muslim faujdars of Sylhet". The Proceedings Of The All Pakistan History Conference. Vol. 1. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society. pp. 275–284.
  8. Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910]. Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho. Kolkata: Kotha. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. Makhjummayum, Imam Khan (16 Dec 2009). "Evolution of kinship and clan system among Manipuri Muslim". The Sangai Express. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  10. Khan, Md. Chingiz (2014), "Socio-Cultural And Religious Facets Of Manipuri Muslims During The 17th And 18th Centuries", International Journal of Research, New Delhi: IJR, 1 (8): 119, ISSN 2348-6848
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