Nizam-e-Zamanah Farhad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Thanadar of Bhalwa (Noakhali) | |
| In office 1665-1670 | |
| Monarch | Aurangzeb |
| Governor | Shah Shuja |
| Faujdar of Sylhet | |
| In office 1670-1678, 1679-1688 | |
| Governor | Shaista Khan |
| Preceded by | Mahafata Khan |
| Succeeded by | Sadeq Khan |
| Faujdar of Islamabad (Chittagong) | |
| In office 1678-1679 | |
| Governor | Muhammad Azam Shah |
| Preceded by | Buzurg Umed Khan |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Khan |
Farhād Khān (Persian: فرهاد خان, Bengali: ফরহাদ খাঁ), also known as Nizam-e-Zamanah (Bengali: নিজাম-ই-জমানা) or Nizam-e-Zaman (Persian: نظام زمان), was a Mughal military strategist who had many positions throughout his life.[1] He was the most well-known Faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar, governing in the late 17th century during the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.[2][3][4] He was renowned for the construction of numerous bridges and places of worship in the region.[5]
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- ^ Bangladesh population census. Vol. 20. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance & Planning. 1981. p. xxiv.
- ^ Jobrul Alom Shumon (25 August 2015). ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্যে আমাদের সিলেট-পর্ব ০৩ [The tradition and history of our Sylhet - Part 03] (in Bengali). SBDNews24.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
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censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ E M Lewis (1868). "Sylhet District". Principal Heads of the History and Statistics of the Dacca Division. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company. pp. 66–67.