Lutfullah Tabrizi

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Mirza
Lutfullah Tabrizi
Murshid Quli Khan Bahadur, Rustam Jang
Naib Nazim of Dhaka
In office
1728–1733
MonarchNasiruddin Muhammad Shah
Preceded byItisam Khan's son
Succeeded bySarfaraz Khan
Naib Nazim of Orissa
In office
1734–1741
Preceded byTaqi Khan
Succeeded bySyed Ahmad Khan
Personal details
Born
Maratha Empire
SpouseDurdana Begum Sahiba
ChildrenMirza Muhammad Yahya Khan Bahadur (son)
Two daughters
Parent
  • Haji Shukrullah Tabrizi (father)
RelativesSarfaraz 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, 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]

Early life and family

Mirza Lutfullah was born in 1684, in the city of

Safavid city of Tabriz who had migrated to Surat. Lutfullah studied under Aqa Habibullah Isfahani.[6]

After his father's death, Lutfullah left Surat for

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
]

Career

In 1728, Lutfullah was appointed by his father-in-law Nawab

Jahangirnagar.[8] Along with this appointment, Lutfullah was given the title of Murshid Quli Khan II.[9] During his tenure, Murshid Quli Khan II had shops constructed in Chowk Bazaar.[10][3] As the Nizamat of Jahangirnagar covered all of eastern Bengal, Lutfullah's responsibility also spread outside of Dhaka. He is credited for the complete Mughal annexation of Lower Tippera, which was formally only nominally under Mughal rule.[4]

In 1734, Lutfullah was transferred to govern the Nizamat of Orissa.[

Nawab of Bengal.[11] Lutfullah rejected the authority of Alivardi. Along with his son-in-law Mirza Agha Baqer, Lutfullah proceeded from Cuttack in Orissa towards Balasore and towards December 1740, established a camp at Phulwari Sharif in Bihar. Lutfullah was severely wounded in battle and was defeated on 3 March 1741, later fleeing to Machilipatnam in South India with Baqer. Alivardi later appointed Syed Ahmad Khan as the Naib Nazim of Orissa.[12][failed verification
]

In the

magnum opus is Makhmur.[citation needed
]

Political offices
Preceded by
Itisam Khan's son
 Naib Nazim of Jahangirnagar (Dhaka)
1728-1733 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Taqi Khan
 Naib Nazim of Orissa
1734-1741 		Succeeded by
Syed Ahmad Khan

See also

References

  1. ^ The History of Bengal. Vol. 2. p. 426.
  2. ^ Khayyāmṕūr, ʻA (1990). فرهن سخنوران (in Persian). Vol. 1. انتشارات طلايه. p. 447.
  3. ^ a b Abdul Karim. Dacca, the Mughal Capital.
  4. ^
    Calcutta
    : Calcutta Central Press Company. p. 36.
  5. OCLC 312807950
    .
  6. ISBN 978-1-5036-1068-2
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1-5036-1068-2
    .
  8. OL 30677644M
    . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  9. ^ Tull Walsh, John Henry (1902). "Biographies". A history of Murshidabad District (Bengal): with biographies of some of its noted families. Jarrold. p. 135.
  10. ^ Abdul Karim (1962). "An Account of Dacca, dated 1800". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan. 7 (2): 300–301.
  11. ISBN 978-0-14-341678-4
    .
  12. OL 30677644M
    . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
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