Lutfullah Tabrizi
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Lutfullah Tabrizi Murshid Quli Khan Bahadur, Rustam Jang | |
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| Naib Nazim of Dhaka | |
| In office 1728–1733 | |
| Monarch | Nasiruddin Muhammad Shah |
| Preceded by | Itisam Khan's son |
| Succeeded by | Sarfaraz Khan |
| Naib Nazim of Orissa | |
| In office 1734–1741 | |
| Preceded by | Taqi Khan |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ahmad Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | |
| Spouse | Durdana Begum Sahiba |
| Children | Mirza Muhammad Yahya Khan Bahadur (son) Two daughters |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Sarfaraz Khan (brother-in-law), Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan (father-in-law), Mirza Agha Baqer (son-in-law) |
Mīrzā Lutfullāh Khān Tabrīzī (Persian: ميرزا لطف الله تبریزی, Bengali: মীর্জা লুৎফুল্লাহ তবরীজী), also known as Murshid Qulī Khān II and Rustam Jang, was an 18th-century administrator who served under the Nawabs of Bengal as the Naib Nazim of Jahangirnagar (Dhaka) and Orissa respectively. Lutfullah was also a calligrapher,[1] as well as an author in the Persian language under the pen name Sarshār (Persian: سرشار).[2]
Azad al-Husaini's Naubahar-i-Murshid-Quli-Khani book is dedicated to Lutfullah, and celebrates him as the conqueror of Lower Tippera.[3] This is because Tippera was only nominally under Mughal rule, and was fully annexed during Lutfullah's tenure as Naib Nazim.[4][5]
Mirza Lutfullah was born in 1684, in the city of Surat in Gujarat. His father, Haji Shukrullah, was originally from Safavid Iran and had migrated to Surat. Lutfullah studied under Aqa Habibullah Isfahani.[6]
After his father's death, Lutfullah left Surat for Bengal as a merchant where he gained popularity in the court of the Nawab of Bengal. Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan married off his daughter,[7] Durdana Begum Sahiba, to Lutfullah. The couple had one son, Mirza Muhammad Yahya Khan Bahadur, and two daughters. Bangali Begum Sahiba, also known as Mehman Begum, was their eldest daughter, and their youngest daughter was the wife of Ala ud-din Muhammad Khan.[citation needed]