Bhati (region)Bhati was a large region of medieval Bengal, referred to by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak and by others until at least the 17th-century CE, during the period of the Mughal Empire. It was said to encompass the river delta area now lying within the borders of Bangladesh and often referred to as eastern Bengal.
SonargaonSonargaon or Șonargă (Bengali: সোনারগাঁও; Bengali pronunciation:; lit.Golden Hamlet) is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It corresponds to the modern day subdistrict Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division. Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a river port.
ZamindarA zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; zamindar is the Persian for landowner. During the British Raj, the British began using it as a local synonym for "estate". Subsequently, it was widely and loosely used for any substantial landed magnates in British India.
TripuraState in northeastern IndiaState in Northeast India, IndiaTripura () is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km (4,051 sq mi); and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east, and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. Tripura is divided into eight districts and 23 sub-divisions, where Agartala is the capital and the largest city in the state.Karrani dynastyThe Karrani dynasty (Pashto: کرلاڼي, romanized: Karlāṇī, Bengali: কররাণী, romanized: Kôrrāṇī) was a late-medieval royal dynasty that ruled the restored Bengal Sultanate between 1564 and 1576. Founded by Taj Khan Karrani, an Afghan from the Pashtun Karlani tribe hailing from Bangash, it was the last independent dynasty to rule Bengal, before the region became a Subah of the Mughal Empire.
Baro-BhuyanThe Baro-Bhuyans (also spelled as Baro-Bhuians and Baro Bhuiyans) were confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. The confederacies consisted of loosely independent entities, each led by a warrior chief or a landlord (Bhuiyan).
ChittagongChittagong ( CHIT-ə-gong), officially Chattogram (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, romanized: Côṭṭôgrām, IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɔʈːoɡram] , traditionally Bengali: চাটগাঁও, romanized: Cāṭgão; Chittagonian: চিটাং, romanized: Sitang), is the capital and largest city of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong District.
Mughal Empire1526–1857 empire in South AsiaToday part ofIndiaPakistanBangladeshAfghanistanThe Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.
Sarail UpazilaSarail (Bengali: সরাইল, romanized: Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
Mughal conquest of BengalThe Mughal conquest of Bengal was a series of campaigns against the Sultanate of Bengal, then ruled by the Afghan Karrani dynasty, by the Mughal Empire from 1574 to 1666. The Mughals initially defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, but the annexation of the region into their empire as the province of Bengal took in the subsequent periods.
BengalThis article contains Bengali text. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.
Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.
SonargaonSonargaon or Șonargă (Bengali: সোনারগাঁও; Bengali pronunciation:; lit.Golden Hamlet) is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It corresponds to the modern day subdistrict Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division. Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a river port.ZamindarA zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; zamindar is the Persian for landowner. During the British Raj, the British began using it as a local synonym for "estate". Subsequently, it was widely and loosely used for any substantial landed magnates in British India.TripuraState in northeastern IndiaState in Northeast India, IndiaTripura () is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km (4,051 sq mi); and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east, and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. Tripura is divided into eight districts and 23 sub-divisions, where Agartala is the capital and the largest city in the state.Karrani dynastyThe Karrani dynasty (Pashto: کرلاڼي, romanized: Karlāṇī, Bengali: কররাণী, romanized: Kôrrāṇī) was a late-medieval royal dynasty that ruled the restored Bengal Sultanate between 1564 and 1576. Founded by Taj Khan Karrani, an Afghan from the Pashtun Karlani tribe hailing from Bangash, it was the last independent dynasty to rule Bengal, before the region became a Subah of the Mughal Empire.Baro-BhuyanThe Baro-Bhuyans (also spelled as Baro-Bhuians and Baro Bhuiyans) were confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. The confederacies consisted of loosely independent entities, each led by a warrior chief or a landlord (Bhuiyan).ChittagongChittagong ( CHIT-ə-gong), officially Chattogram (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম, romanized: Côṭṭôgrām, IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɔʈːoɡram] , traditionally Bengali: চাটগাঁও, romanized: Cāṭgão; Chittagonian: চিটাং, romanized: Sitang), is the capital and largest city of the Chittagong Division and Chittagong District.Mughal Empire1526–1857 empire in South AsiaToday part ofIndiaPakistanBangladeshAfghanistanThe Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.Sarail UpazilaSarail (Bengali: সরাইল, romanized: Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.Mughal conquest of BengalThe Mughal conquest of Bengal was a series of campaigns against the Sultanate of Bengal, then ruled by the Afghan Karrani dynasty, by the Mughal Empire from 1574 to 1666. The Mughals initially defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, but the annexation of the region into their empire as the province of Bengal took in the subsequent periods.BengalThis article contains Bengali text. Without proper , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.Bengali languageBengali, also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh and India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.