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J. Wise —On the Barah Bhuyas of Eastern Bengal, [No. 3, 
The family tradition is, that during the reign of Husain Shah (1493 to 
1520), Kali Das Gajdani, a Bais Rajput of Audh, became a Muhammadan, 
and received the title of Sulaiman Khan. He afterwards married a daughter 
of the reigning monarch. He is said to have been killed in battle by Salim 
Khan and Taj Khan. He left three children, ’Isa, Isma’il, and a daughter 
afterwards known as Shahinshah Bibi. Their father being slain, the two 
sons were taken prisoners and sold as slaves. They were subsequently 
traced to Turan, whence they were brought back by their uncle Qutb uddin. # 
’Isa Khan is said to have married Fatimah Khatun, a cousin of his own, 
and grand-daugliter of Husain Shah of Bengal. 
The first event recorded of T'sa Khan occurred in 1576. Daud Khan, 
the last of the Sur dynasty, had been defeated, and his scattered forces 
sought shelter in the Bhat.i country, where they united under command of 
Karim Dad, Ibrahim, and ’Isa Khan. The last is designated as the “ rich 
zamindar,” and it is probable that he had already acquired the position of 
Bliuya. It was after much opposition that Khan Jahan occupied Eastern 
Bengal at this time. In 1583, Shahbaz Khan i Kambuf followed the 
rebel Ma’qum Khan into the Bliati country, destroying Baktarapur, the 
residence of M'sa Khan and occupying Sunargaon. ’Isa Khan being hard 
pressed by the Imperialists, made terms and agreed that an Imperial officer 
should reside at Sunargaon. As soon as the treaty was made, however, it 
was broken, and ’Isa Khan again raised a rebellion against the Emperor. 
Two years later, Shahbaz Khan again entered Eastern Bengal with an army, 
but he was foiled in his attempts to subjugate the country. 
In 1586, Ralph Fitch visited Sunargaon and remarks that “ the chief- 
“ king of all these countries is called Isacan, and he is the chief of all the 
“ other kings, and is a great friend to the Christians.” 
After this, we hear nothing of him. He appears to have died in 1598. J 
He left two sons, Dlwan Musa Khan and Dfwan Muhammad Khan, of 
whom tradition even is silent. The eldest son of the former was Ma’yum 
Khan, who is frequently mentioned by Muhammadan historians. He serv¬ 
ed in command of ships at the siege of Hugli, in the beginning of A. H. 
1042 (1632) ; and in the Padishahnamah he is included among the chief 
officers who took part in the invasion of Asam in 1636, on which occasion 
he supplied twenty-five war-kosahs.§ The Haibatnagar family still possess 
a sanad sent by Shah Shuja’ in A. H. 1059 (1649), and another by Shayistah 
Khan in 1078 (1667). Both are addressed to Ma’gum Khan, but contain 
nothing except orders about war-boats. 
* Ain i Akbari, Vol. I, 342. 
f Op. cit., p. 400. 
X Ain-i-Akbari, Yol. I, 340. 
§ Journal, A. S. B., Pt. I, 1872, p. 57. 
