Chhuti Khan
Chhuti Khan was a military commander of the Bengal Sultanate and governor of the Northern Chittagong region in the early 16th century.
Biography
Khan held an inherited position. His father, Paragal Khan, and grandfather, Rasti Khan, were the previous military commander of the Bengal Sultanate and governor of the Northern Chittagong region. He was tasked with guarding the borders of the sultanate. He successfully defended the sultanate from the Twipra Kingdom, which, led by Dhanya Manikya, invaded the sultanate in 1513 and 1515. In the process he occupied large parts of the Twipra Kingdom. He had good relations with Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, the Sultan of Bengal.[1][2]
Khan was a supporter of literature. He ordered his court poet, Shrikar Nandi, to translate the Ashvamedha chapter of the Mahabharat from Sanskrit to Bengali. The poem was written in a couplet and tripathi matra format and was called the Chhutikhani Mahabharata. He build a canal in Chittagong the still exists today.[1][3] He built the Chhuti Khan’s Mosque which, heavily rebuilt, still stands.[4] Chhutikhani Mahabharata is one earlier Bengali versions of the Mahabharata.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Massignon, Louis (2019). The Passion of Al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam, Volume 2: The Survival of Al-Hallaj. Princeton University Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-691-65721-9.
- ^ Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4080. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
- ^ Hossain, Shamsul. "Chhuti Khan's Mosque". Banglapedia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Ghosh, Pika (2005). Temple to Love: Architecture and Devotion in Seventeenth-century Bengal. Indiana University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-253-34487-8.
- ^ Sarkar, Benoy Kumar (1985). The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology: Introduction to Hindu Positivism. Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. p. 457. ISBN 978-81-208-2664-9.