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Musa Khan ruler of Bhati (East Bengal Delta), was the son and successor of isa khan Masnad-i-Ala. He inherited from his father in 1599 a vast territory comprising about a half of greater Dhaka and Comilla districts, almost the whole of greater Mymensingh district, and perhaps some portions of the greater districts of Rangpur, Bogra and Pabna. Musa Khan possessed a formidable fleet of war-boats, and besides his capital sonargaon he had fortified posts at Khizrpur, Katrabo, kadam rasul, Jatrapur, Dakchara, Shripur and vikramapura.
Musa Khan,with the assistance of other Bhuiyans,
fought against the Mughal imperial forces for a decade to maintain his
supremacy over East Bengal. But after repeated defeats and the fall of
his strongholds together with Sonargaon (1611) he had to surrender at
long last. Musa Khan was taken to the viceroyal court at Jahangirnagar
and was most sternly treated by islam
khan chisti. Subsequently having been treated kindly by ibrahim
khan fath-i-jang (1617-1624) he served the viceroy faithfully
and distinguished himself in the conquest of Tippera and suppression of
revolt in kamarupa.
Musa died in Dhaka in 1623. He lies buried in the Bagh-i-Musa Khan, close
to the musa
khan mosque situated within the Shahidullah Hall Compound of
Dhaka University. [Muazzam Hussain Khan]
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