Qasimabad Estate, (also known as Abdulpur Zamindari) was a

Zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as a ...

i estate and a

jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...

, located in the

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, India it got the status of jagir in year 1675. The capital of Qasimabad estate was the town of Qasimabad but later, in 1758 the capital was shifted to Bahadurganj. Qasimabad estate had an area of in 1850.

History

It was ruled by the

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family of Abdulpur (Bahadurganj) who were the descendants of Nawab Sheikh Abdullah. Originally Qasim Khan was ruler of Zahurabad estate till his death in 1741 but lived in his kot at Daharwara. His son Nawab Sheikh Abdullah established Qasimabad after his name and built Qasimabad fort. In 1775, the Ghazipur Sarakar became a part of Banaras Estate. The Nawabs of Qasimabad also built some forts, namely Qasimabad Fort, Bahadurganj Fort, and Jalalabad Fort. The First ruler was Sheikh Muhammad Qasim, Then Sheikh Abdullah, then his son Nawab Fazal Ali Khan, Nawab Azim Ali Khan(Fazal Ali's grandson) then the state was divided and the family established them near the area of Bahadurganj, where two brothers Named Nawab Abdul Khan and Nawab Bahadur Shah Khan establish they are bazaar(Ganj) and

i and then their family continued the legacy, now Abdul Khan's family live in neighbourhood names as Das ana or Abdulpur and his brother's family live in an area known as Chah ana in Bahadurganj. In its last days, the Qasimabad estate was spread over 336.66 km². During its largest extent, it was spread over 1827 villages and had an area of from 1735 to 1760.

References

Zamindari estates History of Uttar Pradesh {{India-hist-stub