Bhati was a large region of medieval Bengal, referred to by

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul sharma, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami (14 January 1551 – 22 August 1602), was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, from his appointment in 1579 until his death in 1602. He was the aut ...

and by others until at least the 17th-century CE, during the period of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

. It encompassed the river delta area now lying on the borders of

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and

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and often referred to as eastern

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

. The area of Bhati included the low-lying areas of the greater districts of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tippera and Sylhet in the days of Akbar and Jahangir. Bhati was one of the forested areas that the Mughals began to turn into arable land. The historian Richard Eaton says that: Among its rulers was Musa Khan, who opposed the Mughals but was defeated by them and imprisoned for some time in

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(prev. Dacca), being freed in 1613 and thereafter co-operating with his former enemies in various military expeditions.

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