Syed Ibrāhīm Khān ( bn, সৈয়দ ইব্রাহীম খান, Soiyod Ibrahim Khan, fa, ), was a

Faujdar Faujdar is a term of pre-Mughal origins. Under the Mughals it was an office that combined the functions of a military commander along with judicial and land revenue functions. In pre-Mughal times, the term referred to a military officer but d ...

of the

Mughal Bengal The Bengal Subah ( bn, সুবাহ বাংলা; fa, ), also referred to as Mughal Bengal ( bn, মোগল বাংলা), was the largest subdivision of the Mughal Empire (and later an independent state under the Nawabs of Beng ...

's Sylhet Sarkar. He succeeded Isfandiyar Beg as faujdar in 1665. In the same year, Khan granted 11.25 ''hal''s of land in the

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

s of Alinagar, Dakshinkachh and Ita to Mohesh Bhattacharya, father of Ramapati Bhattacharya, of Tengra. Bhattacharya was a Bharadwaj Gotri of the

Brahmin caste Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru or ...

. He also gave some land to Lakshminath Janabdar, father of Krishnacharan Sharma, in Bahadurpur Pargana. Khan's successor was 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 gr ...

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

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