Majlis Alam

Minister of Sylhet (1472-1476)

Majlis Alam

1472-1476
Minister of Srihat
Monarch| Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah
Preceded by| Khurshid Khan
Succeeded by| Muqarrab ud-Daulah Malik ad-Din
Personal details
Parent|

* Musa ibn Haji Amir (father)

Majlis Alam (Bengali: মজলিস/মজলিশ আলম, romanized: Mojlis/Mojlish Alom, Persian: مجلس عالم), was a minister (Dastur) of Srihat (Sylhet) from 1472 to 1476, during the reign of Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah, the Sultan of Bengal of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty.[1][2]

## Background

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Alam was the son of Musa ibn Haji Amir Khan.[3] According to the Rajmala, his grandfather, Haji Amir Khan, was an army commander for Sultan Rukunuddin Barbak Shah and governed parts of Tripura.[4] Majlis Alam was a common rank and title given by the Sultanate to a number of people and so the minister's real name is unknown.[5]

## Life

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Alam was known to have established many mosques throughout Sylhet.[6] In 1472, he erected a replica of Pandua's Adina Mosque in Chowkidekhi (Chowkidighi Mahalla).[7] This mosque would be destroyed by a later ruler of Sylhet, Isfandiyar Khan Beg, in the 1660s.[8] The inscriptions here refers to himself as the Great Majlis, the Minister, the Messenger towards goodness (Arabic: مجلس العظم المعظم الدستور الساعي في الخيرات والمبرات المجلس الأعلى, romanized: Majlis al-ʿAzam al-Muʿazzam al-Dastūr, al-Sāʿi fil-Khayrāt wal-Mubarrāt al-Majlis al-Aʿlā).[9] In 1476, Alam and his father also constructed the Goyghor Mosque in present-day Moulvibazar.[10] He may have also constructed a small mosque in Choti Dargah in Hazrat Pandua in 1479 as the builder of that mosque goes by "Majlis al-Majālis Majlis Aʿlā".[9]

## See also

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* Haydar Ghazi
* History of Sylhet
* Lutfullah Shirazi

## References

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1. ^ Hussain, Akmal (16 December 2014). গয়ঘর খোজার মসজিদ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Moulvibazar. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
2. ^ Ahmed, A.B.M. Shamsuddin (1999). "Muslim Administion in Sylhet 1303-1765". In Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (ed.). Sylhet: History and Heritage. Bangladesh Itihas Samiti. pp. 337, 341. ISBN 984-31-0478-1.
3. ^ Rahman, Fazlur (1991). Sileter Mati, Sileter Manush (in Bengali). Sylhet District: M A Sattar.
4. ^ গয়গড় শিলালিপি ঐতিহাসিক উপকরণ বিশ্লেষণ. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). 27 August 2011.
5. ^ Roy, Atul Chandra (1986). History of Bengal, Turko-Afghan Period. West Bengal: Kalyani Publishers. p. 245.
6. ^ Khan, Mahmud H. পাঁচশতাধিক বছরের ঐতিহাসিক ‘খোজার মসজিদ’. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).
7. ^ Hossain, T (1963). Mahe-Nao. Vol. 15.
8. ^ Ali, Syed Mohammad (1900). "A chronology of Muslim faujdars of Sylhet". The Proceedings Of The All Pakistan History Conference. Vol. 1\. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society. pp. 276-277.
9. ^ a b Dani, Ahmad Hasan (1957). "Analysis of the Inscriptions". Asiatic Society Of Pakistan Vol-ii. pp. 7 and 103.
10. ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1965). Hazrat Shah Jalal O Sileter Itihas. p. 297.

Political offices

Preceded by

Khurshid Khan

|  Minister of Srihat
1472-1476  | Succeeded by

Muqarrab ud-Daulah