Muqabil Khan

Muqabil Khan (Bengali: মুকাবিল খান, Persian: مقابل خان), also known as Maqbul Khan (Bengali: মকবুল খান, Persian: مقبول خان), was a wazir and sar-e-lashkar of Srihat (Sylhet) in 1440.^[1] He was the wazir of Sylhet in 1440 during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of the restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty.^[2] It is unknown when Khan's office started and how long he was wazir for. After his death, he was buried in the dargah of Shah Jalal, to the west of Jalal's tomb.^[3] There is a gap between Haydar Ghazi, wazir of Sylhet in the mid-fourteenth century, and Khan as the governors of Sylhet during that time is unknown. The next known successor of Muqabil Khan was Khurshid Khan who governed Sylhet in the 1460s.^{[citation needed]}

Muqabil Khan
The tomb of Shah Jalal. Muqabil Khan was buried in close proximity to this revered fourteenth-century saint.
Wazir of Srihat
In office 1440
Monarch	Mahmud Shah I
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Khurshid Khan
Personal details
Died	15th century Sylhet
Resting place	Dargah of Shah Jalal, Sylhet

See also

• Farhad Khan
• History of Sylhet
• Lutfullah Shirazi

References

1. Syed Murtaza Ali. Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sileter Itihas.
2. Fazlur Rahman (1991). Sileter Mati Sileter Manush. MA Sattar. pp. 13 & 74.
3. Sayed Mahmudul Hasan (1987). Muslim monuments of Bangladesh. Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. p. 246.

Preceded by Unknown	Wazir of Srihat 1440	Succeeded by Khurshid Khan