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|honorific_prefix = [[Qadi]]<br />
|name = Fazilat<br />
|nickname = Qazi Fazihat<br />
|honorific_suffix = Amin-i-Bangalah Shershahi<br />
|monarch = [[Sher Shah Suri]]<br />
|office = Amin of Bengal<br />
|term = 1541-1545<br />
|predecessor = [[Khidr Khan (Bengal)|Khidr Khan]]<br />
|successor = [[Muhammad Khan Sur]]<br />
|relatives = Qazi Yaqub of Manikpur (son-in-law)<ref>{{cite book|title=Muntak̲h̲abu-t-tawārīk̲h̲, Volume 3|author=ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni|author-link=ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni|page=126|publisher=[[The Asiatic Society]]}}</ref><br />
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'''Qazi Fazilat Shershahi''' ({{lang-bn|কাজী ফজিলত}}, {{lang-fa|قاضی فضیلت}}) was an army [[qadi]] for [[Sher Shah Suri]] and later a governor of [[Bengal]] under the [[Sur Empire]] from 1541 to 1545.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaBengal.htm|title=Kingdoms of South Asia – Indian Kingdom of Bengal|website=www.historyfiles.co.uk}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
The governor of Bengal, [[Khidr Khan (Bengal)|Khidr Khan]], attempted to declare independence from the [[Sur Empire]] in 1541. However, his plan was unsuccessful and was dismissed from the office as governor by Emperor [[Sher Shah Suri]]. The Emperor then appointed Qazi Fazilat as the Amin of Bengal and superintendent of [[Rohtas Fort, India|Rohtas Fort]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Studies in Mughal History|date=1 Jan 1983|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|last=Agrawal|first=Ashvini|chapter=The Mughals and the Afghans|page=67}}</ref><br />
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Fazilat (meaning ''virtue'') was said to have been an easygoing and lighthearted man. Satirically, people would refer to him as Qazi Fazihat (meaning ''infamy'') and that became a very popular nickname of his.<ref>{{cite book|title=Muntak̲h̲abu-t-tawārīk̲h̲, Volume 2|author=ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni|author-link=ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni|page=104|publisher=[[The Asiatic Society]]}}</ref> This name has passed on as a humorous expression used in the [[Bangali dialect|Eastern]] [[Bengali dialects]].<ref>{{cite book|pages=307–308|title=Sher Shah And His Times|first=Kalikaranjan|last=Qanungo|year=1965|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.142865/page/n287/mode/2up/search/fazilat}}</ref><br />
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His term ended at the death of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. Fazilat was succeeded by [[Muhammad Khan Sur]] in 1545 who would also declare independence.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of rulers of Bengal]]<br />
* [[History of Bengal]]<br />
* [[History of Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[History of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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