17th century Mughal general and provincial governor
Mirza Abu-Talib Shaista Khan
Amir-ul-Umara Mughal Subahdar
Shaista Khan in c. 1650
24th & 27th Subahdar of Bengal
1st Governorship
30 March 1664 – 1676
Predecessor
Mir Jumla II
Successor
Fidai Khan II
2nd Governorship
1680 – 1688
Predecessor
Azam Shah
Successor
Ibrahim Khan II
Badshah
Aurangzeb
Subahdar of Khandesh
Governorship
1658 – 1669
Badshah
Aurangzeb
Subahdar of Deccan
Governorship
January 1660 – 1664
Badshah
Aurangzeb
Born
22 November 1600 Delhi, Mughal Empire
Died
c. 1694 (aged 93–94) Delhi, Mughal Empire
Issue
Buzurg Umed Khan[1] Iran Dukht Rahmat Banu (Bibi Pari)[2] Aqidat Khan Jafar Khan Abu Nasr Khan Iradat Khan[3]
Names
Mirza Abu-Talib Shaista Khan ibn Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan
Father
Asaf Khan IV
Mother
Diwanji Begum
Religion
Sunni Islam (Hanafi)
Occupation
Mughal Statesman
Mirza Abu Talib (22 November 1600 – 1694),[4][5] better known as Shaista Khan, was a general and the subahdar of Mughal Bengal. A maternal uncle to the emperor Aurangzeb,[6] he acted as a key figure during his reign. Shaista Khan initially governed the Deccan, where he clashed with the Maratha ruler Shivaji. However, he was most notable for his tenure as the governor of Bengal from 1664 to 1688. Under Shaista Khan's authority, the city of Dhaka and Mughal power in the province attained its greatest heights. His achievements include constructions of notable mosques such as the Sat Gambuj Mosque and masterminding the conquest of Chittagong. Shaista Khan was also responsible for sparking the outbreak of the Anglo-Mughal War with the English East India Company.[7]
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^Hossain, AKM Yakub & Chowdhury, AM (2012). "Bibi Pari". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 5 May 2024.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Sir Jadunath Sarkar, History of Aurangzib: Mainly Based on Persian Sources, Volume 5 (1974), p. 283
^Samaren Roy (May 2005). Calcutta: Society and Change 1690–1990. iUniverse. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-0-595-34230-3. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^Hasan, Farhat (1991). "Conflict and Cooperation in Anglo-Mughal Trade Relations during the Reign of Aurangzeb". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 34 (4): 351–360. doi:10.1163/156852091X00058. JSTOR 3632456.
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