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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Islam Khan Chisti<br />
| office1 = [[Subahdar]] of [[Bihar Subah|Bihar]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1607<br />
| term_end1 = 1608<br />
| monarch1 = [[Jahangir]]<br />
| successor1 = Abdur Rahman<br />
| office2 = 12th [[Subahdar]] of [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]]<br />
| term_start2 = 10 June 1608<br />
| term_end2 = 4 May 1613<br />
| monarch2 = [[Jahangir]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Jahangir Quli Beg|Jahangir Quli Khan]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Qasim Khan Chishti|Muhtashim Khan]]<br />
| birth_name = Shaikh Alauddin Chisti<br />
| image = Tomb of Islam Khan 009.JPG<br />
| birth_date = {{circa}} 1570<br />
| caption = The tomb of Islam Khan, in the courtyard of the [[Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri]]<br />
| death_date = 4 May 1613<br />
| death_place = [[Bhawal Estate|Bhawal]], [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| resting_place = [[Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri|Jama Masjid]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Subahdar]], General<br />
| parents = Shaikh Badruddin Chisti<br />
| relatives = Shaikh Hushang alias Ikram Khan (son)<br>Shaikh Muazzam (son) <br>[[Salim Chishti]] (grandfather)<br>[[Mukarram Khan]] (son-in-law)<br>[[Qutubuddin Koka]] (cousin)<br />Shaikh Ghiyasuddin (brother)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Shaikh Alauddin Chisti''' ({{circa|1570}} – 4 May 1613), popularly known as '''Islam Khan Chisti''', was a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] general and the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bihar Subah|Bihar]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ahmad |first1=Imtiaz |title=Mughal Governors of Bihar Under Akbar and Jahangir |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2002 |volume=63 |pages=281–288 |jstor=44158096 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158096}}</ref> from 1607 to 1608 and later [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]] from 1608 till his death in 1613. Under his viceroy Mughal rule was effectively consolidated in Bengal. He transferred the capital of Bengal from [[Rajmahal]] to [[Sonargaon]] and founded the city of [[Jahangirnagar]]. He was awarded the titular name of '''Islam Khan''' by Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Islam Khan was a playmate of Jahangir in childhood.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=Abdul |year=2012 |chapter=Islam Khan Chisti |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam_Khan_Chisti |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Khan and Jahangir were foster cousins; Khan's paternal aunt, whose father was [[Salim Chisti]], had been the foster mother of Jahangir. [[Qutubuddin Koka]] was Khan's first cousin also. He was first appointed as the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bihar Subah|Bihar]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Subahdar of Bengal==<br />
{{See also|Mughal conquest of Jessore}}<br />
[[File:Fatehpur Sikri 039.JPG|thumb|Islam Khan's tomb inside Salim Chisti Mazar]]<br />
Islam Khan was appointed the Subahdar of Bengal in 1608. His major task was to subdue the rebellious Rajas, [[Bara-Bhuiyans]], Zamindars and Afghan chiefs. He arrived in Dhaka in mid-1610.<br />
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He fought with [[Musa Khan (Bengal Ruler)|Musa Khan]],<ref name="sen2">{{cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |date=2013 |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |page=165 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4}}</ref> the leader of Bara-Bhuiyans and by the end of 1611 he was subdued.<ref name=bpedia/> Islam Khan also defeated Raja [[Pratapaditya]] of [[Jessore District|Jessore]], Raja Ramchandra Basu of the [[Chandradwip|Chandradwip Kingdom]] during the [[Conquest of Bakla]] and Raja Ananta Manikya of [[Bhulua Kingdom|Bhulua]].<ref name=bpedia/> Then he annexed the kingdoms of [[Cooch Behar State|Koch Bihar]], [[Koch Hajo]] and [[Barak Valley|Kachhar]]. Thus he took total control over Bengal. He moved the capital of Bengal to Dhaka from Rajmahal. He renamed Dhaka to Jahangirnagar.<br />
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Ma'asir ul umara states that he was a devout muslim, and fed 1000 poor everyday, and he supported 20000 persons related to his clan, the Shaikhzadas. <ref>Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi; Beveridge, H. & Baini Prashad (translators) (1941/1952). *Maʾāṣir al-Umara of Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi*, Vol. 1. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 355. </ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Islam Khan had married the sister of the famous [[Abul Fazl]], and had one son with her, Shaikh Hushang, who was given the title of Ikram Khan by Jahangir. Hushang, who was made the governor of Asir, was an oppressor, and Shah Jahan repeatedly moved him from different positions on account of his ineffective rule. At the end of his life he became an ascetic. Hushang was a married to a daughter of Sher Khan Tonvar of Khandesh, and died in 1629. Islam Khan had another known son- Shaikh Muazzam, who had been made the Faujdar of Fatehpur by Jahangir. During Shah Jahan's succession struggle he supported Dara Shikoh, and died fighting Aurangzeb in the [[Battle of Samugarh]].<ref>Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi; Beveridge, H. & Baini Prashad (translators) (1941/1952). *Maʾāṣir al-Umara of Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi*, Vol. 1. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 355. </ref> He also had a brother named Shaikh Ghiyasuddin.<ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Sarkar|1943|p=248}} "Islam Khan took prompt action. He sent a strong force under the command of his brother Shaikh Ghiyasuddin, (later created Inayet Khan) and recovered the thanah."</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
After 5 years of ruling, Islam Khan died at [[Bhawal]] in 1613. He was buried in [[Fatehpur Sikri]] and laid by the side of his grandfather [[Salim Chishti|Shaikh Salim Chishti]].<br />
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Shaikh Alauddin Chisti's tomb in Ajmer, known as the Dargah Sharif, has become a major pilgrimage site for people of all faiths.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ajmer dargah |url=https://www.dargahajmersharif.com/ |access-date=24 February 2023 |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910075316/http://dargahajmersharif.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dhaka]]<br />
* [[History of Dhaka]]<br />
* [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
* [[History of Bengal]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.24396 |title=The History of Bengal |publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation |year=1943 |isbn=81-7646-239-X |editor-last=Sarkar |editor-first=Jadunath |editor-link=Jadunath Sarkar |volume=II: Muslim Period |location=Delhi}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Abdul Karim, ''History of Bengal, Mughal Period, I,'' ([[Rajshahi]], 1992)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam_Khan%E2%80%99s_Mosque Islam Khan's Mosque] – [[Banglapedia]]<br />
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