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Masum Khan (Bengali: মাসুম খাঁ; b. 1604) was a zamindar of Bengal. He was the eldest son and successor of Baro-Bhuiyan leader Musa Khan and the grandson of Isa Khan.[2]
Masum Khan | |
|---|---|
| মাসুম খাঁ | |
| Born | 1604[1] |
| Father | Musa Khan |
| Relatives | Isa Khan (grandfather) Syeda Momena Khatun (great grandmother) Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (great-great grandfather) |
Masum Khan was born into a Bengali Muslim Bais Rajput family from Sarail. His father, Musa Khan, and grandfather, Isa Khan, were both prominent leaders of the Baro-Bhuiyan confederacy. His great great grandfather, Bhagirath, migrated from Ayodhya to serve as the Dewan of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah. Khan's great grandfather,[citation needed] Kalidas Gazdani, converted to Islam under the guidance of Ibrahim Danishmand and took the name Sulaiman Khan.[3] Sulaiman married the Sultan's daughter Syeda Momena Khatun, Masum Khan's great grandmother, and received the Zamindari of Sarail.[4]
Following the death of his father in April 1623, the Subahdar of Mughal Bengal Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang recognised Masum Khan as the successor of Musa's estate.[2]
Masum Khan served in the Siege of Hooghly in 1632 by the Mughal army against the Portuguese. Again he took part in the Mughal invasion of Assam in 1636.[2]
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