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'''Bhati''' was a large region of medieval Bengal, referred to by [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]] and by others until at least the 17th-century CE, during the period of the [[Mughal Empire]]. It encompassed the river delta area now lying on the borders of [[Bangladesh]] and [[West Bengal]] and often referred to as eastern [[Bengal]].{{sfnp|Eaton|1996|pp=145-148|ps=}} The area of Bhati included the low-lying areas of the greater districts of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tippera and Sylhet in the days of Akbar and Jahangir.<ref> http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bara-Bhuiyans,_The</ref> <br />
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Bhati was one of the forested areas that the Mughals began to turn into [[Arable land|arable]] land.{{sfnp|Eaton|1996|p=150|ps=}} The historian Richard Eaton says that: {{quote|A distinguishing feature of East Bengal during the Mughal period&nbsp;— that is, in "Bhati"&nbsp;— was its far greater agricultural productivity and population growth relative to contemporary West Bengal. Ultimately, this arose from the long-term eastward movement of Bengal's major river systems, which deposited the rich silt that made the cultivation of wet rice possible.{{sfnp|Eaton|1996|p=194|ps=}}}}<br />
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Among its rulers was [[Musa Khan (Bengal Ruler)|Musa Khan]], who opposed the Mughals but was defeated by them and imprisoned for some time in [[Dhaka]] (prev. Dacca), being freed in 1613 and thereafter co-operating with his former enemies in various military expeditions.{{sfnp|Eaton|1996|pp=155-156|ps=}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{citation |title = The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 |first = Richard Maxwell |last = Eaton |publisher = University of California Press |year=1996 |ISBN = 978-0-52020-507-9 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gKhChF3yAOUC&pg=PA145 |pages = 145–148}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book |first=Jos |last=Gommans |title=Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire, 1500-1700 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |url= |via= |isbn= }}{{ISBN?}}<br />
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[[Category:History of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Bengal]]<br />
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