Wazil Khan
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Khān-i-Aʿẓam Wazil Khan | |
|---|---|
| ওয়াজিল খাঁন | |
| 1460s | |
| Governor of Bakla | |
| Monarch | Barbak Shah I |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Teachers | Khan Jahan Ali |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Jessore Gournadi Qasba |
Ajyal Khan, popularly known as Wazil Khan (Bengali: ওয়াজিল খান),[1] was an officer of the Bengal Sultanate during the reign of Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah. He was the appointed Khan-i-Azam of Bakla (present-day Barisal, Bangladesh).[2]
It is said that Khan was an Arabian merchant and a follower of Khan Jahan Ali, a Muslim preacher and the Khan-i-Azam of Khalifatabad (present-day Khulna Division, Bangladesh).[3] Ali is credited for the architectural development of Khalifatabad, where he also contributed to propagating Islam through the construction of various mosques in the region which acted as important community centres.[4] Ali later instructed a group of his followers under the leadership of Wazil Khan to spread out. Wazil Khan then led the group by boat from Sheikherghat, Jessore to Gournadi in Chandradwip (Barisal) where they settled.[5]