Muqabil Khan
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Muqabil Khan | |
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 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 |
| Resting place | Dargah of Shah Jalal, Sylhet |
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]
