Mahāfatā Khān Bahādur ( bn, মহাফতা খান বাহাদুর, Mohafota Khan Bahadur, fa, مهافتیٰ خان بهادر), was a Faujdar of the Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar. He governed Sylhet under the

Subahdar Subahdar, also known as Nazim or in English as a "Subah", was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province) during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Mughal era ( of India who w ...

of Bengal, Shaista Khan and Mughal emperor

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

. He was the successor of the previous faujdar,

Jan Muhammad Khan Jān Muhammad Khān Bahādur ( bn, জান মোহাম্মদ খান বাহাদুর, fa, ) was a Faujdar of the Mughal Bengal's Sylhet Sarkar. He was the successor of the previous faujdar, Syed Ibrahim Khan. In 1667, Khan ...

. In 1670, Mahafata granted Raghunath Bisharad, of Ita Pargana, 3.5 hals of land. This was the same person who had also been gifted land from a previous faujdar of Sylhet by the name of Lutfullah Khan Shirazi. In the same year, Mahafata was succeeded by Faujdar Farhad Khan.

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Rulers of Sylhet 17th-century rulers in Asia 17th-century Indian Muslims {{India-bio-stub

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