Sulayman Banarsi | |
|---|---|
| Co-Sardar of Sylhet | |
| In office 1617–1620 | |
| Monarch | Jahangir |
| Governor | Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang |
| Preceded by | Mukarram Khan |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Ahmad Baig |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1620 Sylhet Sarkar,Bengal Subah,Mughal Empire |
| Children | Tufan Bahadur and possibly one other |
Shaykh Sulaymān Banārsī (Bengali:শেখ সুলেমান বানারসী,Persian:شيخ سليمان بنارسي) was aMughal Empire official during the reign of emperorJahangir. He served as the co-sardar ofSarkar Sylhet from 1617 until his death in 1620.[1]
Not much is known regarding Sulayman's background. He was aShaykh and was said to have spent a lot of his earlier life in the landlocked city ofBanaras inNorth India.[2]
TheSubahdar ofBengal Subah,Qasim Khan Chishti, removedMukarram Khan from his post as the Sardar of Sylhet out of dissatisfaction. The Subahdar replaced Mukarram withMirak Bahadur Jalair, asSylhet's chief sardar and Shaykh Sulayman Banarsi to governUhar andTaraf. Many juniormansabdars hadjagirs in theSarkar of Sylhet and so Qasim commanded them to assist Sulayman with his post in Sylhet.[3]
Sulayman had a son called Tufan Bahadur, who was also a notable noble. Tufan accompanied Abdun Nabi on the expedition to Katghar.[3]: 405
Sulayman died in 1620. When news of this reached the new Subahdar,Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang, he ordered Mirza Malik Husayn and Raja Raghunath to inform Mirza Nathan to return to the Subahdar's court to be givensardarship of Sylhet if he pays 2,000 rupees. Raghunath and Husayn, the latter of whom was related to Nathan, sent a bailiff who took twelve days to reach Nathan. Nathan, who was busy preparing for an expedition toHajo, accepted the Subahdar's orders and marched toJahangirnagar. However, by the time Nathan had reached the capital, the Subahdar had already given the sardarship of Sylhet to Mirza Ahmad Baig, with Sulayman's son as a deputy sardar (not mentioned whether this was Tufan or not).[4]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Co-Sardar of Sylhet 1617 | Succeeded by Tufan Bahadur |