Mir Jumla II
Mir Jumla II | |
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| Mu'azzam Khan, Khan-i-Khanan, Sipahsalar and Yar-i-Wafahdar | |
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| Born | Mir Muhammad Saeed Ardestani 1591 Ardistan, Ispahan |
| Died | March 30, 1663 Khizrpur |
| Buried | Garo Hills, Meghalaya |
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Mir Jumla II (1591 – 30 March 1663) (Urdu: مير جملا) was a prominent subahdar of Qizilbash[1] origin of Bengal in Eastern India under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.[2]
Mughal maritime trade
Mir Jumla, who in the 1640s had his own ships and organized merchant fleets that sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.[3]
Death and legacy
Mir Jumla died on his way back from the Assamese territory on boat off Khizrpur on 30 March 1663. His tomb located on a small hillock has been maintained over the centuries near Garo Hills in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. The tomb reflects a remarkably long grave and bears testimony to the tall height of Mir Jumla.
See also
- Hyderabadi Muslims
- Muslim culture of Hyderabad
- History of Hyderabad
- Mughal empire
- Emperor of India
- List of rulers of Bengal
- History of Bengal
References
- ^ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Vol. 3. p. 259.
- ^ Karim, Abdul. "Mir Jumla". Banglapedia. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Pearson, M. (2007). The Indian Ocean. Routledge. ISBN 9780415445382. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- Travels in India by Jean Baptiste Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne [1]
