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Brahmaputra formerly met. Here was the chief naval port of the Muham¬ 
madan government, and from it all their great naval expeditions set out. 
It is only three miles west of Sunargaon, and nine from Dhaka. The name of 
Khizrpur is still given to the parganah of which it is the centre and to a 
marble tomb, or Maqbarah, within a walled garden, which is popularly be¬ 
lieved to be the resting-place of one of Jahangir’s daughters. On the north 
and west is a “ tappa,” or quarter, still called ’Isapur, and on the north is a 
village, belonging to parganah Niu^rat Shaln, known as Pat’hantali, but 
where the last of the Afghans have long since died out. From Khizrpur 
towards the west can be traced an old road with several ruined bridges, which 
joined that from Dhaka at Fathullali on the banks of the Burhiganga. 
At Khizrpur, within the precincts of the fort, still stands a very hand¬ 
some mosque, beautifully ornamented with bricks, and which resembles in 
many respects the old Groaldih Mosque of Sunargaon, which was built in 
the sixteenth century. Until a few years ago, an inscription existed over 
the entrance. A case, however, instituted by the Diwan Sahib of Haibatnagar 
to recover possession of this his ancestral property, induced some interested 
party to make away with it, and all attempts to recover it have failed. In 
front of the mosque is a brick tomb, regarding which local tradition can 
give no account; but it is believed to be the grave of an unknown Pir. 
On the banks of the Lak’hiya, which flows within a few yards of the 
mosque, are a ruined bastion and curtain wall, which the villagers designate 
the “ gliusl khanah,” or “ baithak-khanah,” but which evidently was the 
northern face of the Khizrpur fort. 
Of ’Isa Khan and his connexion with this place, no traditions survive 
among the people, and among the educated Muhammadans of Dhaka, no 
one has even heard of his name. 
Regarding Baktarapur, the residence of ’Isa Khan, destroyed in 1583 by 
Shalibaz Khan, nothing has been discovered. About thirty miles north of 
Khizrpur, on the banks of the same river, are two villages within a mile of 
each other, called respectively “ Buktarpur” and “ Issurpur,” but there 
are neither ruins nor traditions connected with them. 
Other memorials of this family exist in other parts of the district. On 
the right bank of the Lak’hiya river, about four miles above Khizrpur, is a 
ruin known as the “ Diwan Kot,” said to have been built by one of the 
family. It stands on a point of land, jutting into the river. The place is 
strewed with bricks, and there is a portion of a wall with a pointed arch 
still standing. A magnificent But tree overshadows the whole of the ruin. 
On the opposite bank of the river, about two miles inland, is a large 
garden, 169 acres in extent, termed the “ Diwan ka bagh,” or “ Munawwar 
Khan ka bagh.” Here is a three-domed mosque in ruins, which is believed 
to have been built by Munawwar Khan in the seventeenth century. On 
