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{{Short description|16th-century Bengali nobleman}}
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'''Ismail Khan''' ({{langx|bn|ইসমাঈল খাঁ}}) was a nobleman of the [[Sultanate of Bengal]]. He was the brother of [[Isa Khan]], the leader of the [[Baro-Bhuiyan]] confederacy.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04019/page/33/mode/2up|title=Bengal Chiefs' Struggle for independence in the reign of Akbar & Jahangir|journal=[[Bengal, Past & Present]]|volume=39|year=1929|publisher=[[Calcutta Historical Society]]|author-link=Nalini Kanta Bhattasali|last=Bhattasali|first=Nalini Kanta|pages=33–34}}</ref>

==Biography==
His father, Dewan [[Sulaiman Khan]] (formerly Kalidas Gazdani), inherited this position and converted to [[Sunni Islam]]. Ismail Khan's mother, [[Syeda Momena Khatun]], was the daughter of Sultan Mahmud Shah.<ref>{{cite book|quote=Isamil and Isa were his sons by this wife|page=30|title=Islam in Bangladesh Through Ages|year=1995|publisher=[[Islamic Foundation Bangladesh]]|editor=Abdur Rahim, Mohammad}}</ref> His maternal aunt was married to [[Khidr Khan Surak]], the governor of Bengal from 1539 to 1541 under the [[Sur Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Chowdhury| first = Kamal| year=2005|title = Banglar Baro Bhuiyan and Maharaj Pratapaditya|page = 164}}</ref> Ismail had one brother, Masnad-i-Ali [[Isa Khan]], who would later rule Bengal, and one sister, Shahinsha Bibi.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Masnad-I-Ali Isa Khan|journal=Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies|editor=Akanda, Safar A.|volume=14|year=1991|location=[[Rajshahi University]]|publisher=[[Institute of Bangladesh Studies]]|author=[[Abdul Karim (historian)|Abdul Karim]]}}</ref>

During the reign of [[Islam Shah Suri]] in 1545, [[Muhammad Khan Sur]] was appointed as the Governor of Bengal and responsible for warding off rebellious chieftains in the region. Ismail's father was given the death penalty.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Rule of Afghans|author=Ibrahim, Muhammad}}</ref> A force led by Taj Khan and Dariya Khan were dispatched against them, and despite strong resistance from the Dewans, Ismail's father Sulaiman was eventually killed in the conflict. Ismail, and his elder brother [[Isa Khan]], were subsequently taken as captives and later sold as slaves to [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] traders in [[Turan]].<ref name=hr>{{cite book|page=342|title=History of the Pathans: The Ghurghushti, Beitani and Matti tribes of Pathans|author=Rashid, Haroon|year=2008}}</ref>

In 1563, the [[Karrani dynasty]] took control of Bengal and Bihar. Ismail's uncle, Dewan Qutbuddin Khan, was employed in the court of Sultan [[Taj Khan Karrani]] and successfully traced his nephews.<ref name=hr/> Qutbuddin Khan managed to free Ismail and Isa by buying them from their owners.<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Isa Khan|author=Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=A note on Isa Khan and his family|author=Islam, Zahurul|page=331|journal=The Proceedings of the Pakistan History Conference|year=1952|editor=Haq, S. Moinul|location=[[Karachi]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[History of Bangladesh]]

==References==
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