1904.] 
H. Beveridge —Isft Khan. 
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On Ana Khan , the ruler of Bhati, in the time of Akbar.—By 
H. Beveridge. 
[Read December, 1903.] 
In 1874 Dr. Wise published in our Journal a valuable account of 
the Bara Bhuyas of Eastern Bengal, and he followed this up by a sup¬ 
plementary paper in 1875. J.A.S.B. XLIII, p. 197 and id. XLIV, 181. 
At p. 209 of bis first paper there is the account of Isa Khan. Dr. 
Wise, in his modest way, expressed the hope that his notices might 
excite others to add further particulars, and to complete what is still 
wanting of the history of Bengal to the final conquest by the Muham¬ 
madans. The object of this present paper is to add some particulars 
about ‘ Isa Khan from the third volume of the Akbarnama, a source 
which has not been directly used by Dr. Wise. 
It is a curious circumstance that Abul Fazl in the Ain, Jarrett 
II, 117, calls ‘ Isa, ‘ Isa Afghan, 1 for in the Akbarnama III, 432, he says 
that his father was a Bais Rajput, that is, a Rajput belonging to Bais- 
w^ara in Oudh. (See Elliot’s Supp. Glossary, ed. by Beames I, 13.) 
This seems to indicate that the Am was written first, and before Abul 
Fazl had received correct information. The account in the Akbarnama 
agrees with the family tradition mentioned by Dr. Wise that ‘ Isa’s 
father was a Bais Rajput whose name was Kali Das Gajdani, and that 
when he became a Muhammadan he received the title of Sulaiman 
Khan. Abul Fazl tells us, that the father settled in the fluviatile 
region of Bengal and became a rebel. In the reign of Salim Shah, the 
the son of Sher Shah, Taj Khan, the elder brother of Sulaiman Kara- 
rani, and Darya Khan were sent against him. After severe fighting 
he gave in, and was pardoned. But soon afterwards he rebelled again 
and was, by stratagem, made a prisoner and put to death. His two 
sons, £ Isa and Ishmael were sold to merchants and carried oft into Cen¬ 
tral Asia. When Salim Shah died (1554), Qutbu-d-din Khan, their 
father’s brother, behaved well, and after much searching found his two 
1 So in text, but the India Office MSS. Nos 235 and 236 have a quite different 
name, viz., Mashhadl. 
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