Ahmad Majid
Ahmad Majid (Bengali: আহমদ মজিদ, romanized: Ahmod Mojid, Persian: احمد مجید), was a Faujdar of Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb and governorship of Subahdar Azim-ush-Shan.[1] In 1699, Majid granted some land to Bharat Das Vaishnav in Dulali Pargana - named after Dulal Khan, Zamindar of Shahbazpur.[2] Dulali was the home of Syed Shah Subhan ad-Din - the brother of Syed Ahmad Damri Pir. The land was inherited by Bharat's son Bhabananda Vaishnav.[3] His successor was Faujdar Abdullah Shirazi.[4]
Ahmad Majid | |
|---|---|
| Faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar | |
| In office 1699 | |
| Monarch | Aurangzeb |
| Governor | Azim-ush-Shan |
| Preceded by | Rafiullah Khan |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Shirazi |
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rafiullah Khan |
Faujdar of Sylhet 1699 |
Succeeded by Abdullah Shirazi |
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- ↑ Fazlur Rahman (1991). Sileter Mati, Sileter Manush (in Bengali). Sylhet District: M A Sattar.
- ↑ Syed Mohammad Ali. "A chronology of Muslim faujdars of Sylhet". The Proceedings Of The All Pakistan History Conference. Vol. 1. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society. p. 280.
- ↑ Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910]. Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho (in Bengali). Kolkata: Kotha. p. 186.
- ↑ Syed Murtaza Ali (1965). Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sileter Itihas. p. 297.