Dilal Khan

Dilwar Khan (Bengali: দেলোয়ার খাঁ, romanized: Delwar Khan),[note 1] popularly known as Raja Dilal (Bengali: দিলাল রাজা, romanized: Dilal Raja), was a Mughal rebel, who established control over Sandwip, an island in present-day Bangladesh, for a short period of time in early seventeenth century.

Dilal Khan
Raja
Ruler of Sandwip
Reignc. 1622 – 1666
SuccessorAbdul Karim Khan (as Mughal faujdar)
BornDilwar Khan
c. 1585
Dhaka
DiedJanuary 1666(1666-01-00) (aged 80–81)
Jahangirnagar
IssueMusabibi, Maryam Bibi, Sharif Khan among others
Names
Dulal Dilwar Khan
ReligionSunni Islam

Early life

Jadunath Sarkar notes him to be "a run-away captain of the Mughal navy", who established himself as a king.[1] He was employed by the Mughal Army as a naval commander in Dhaka, during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir and governorship of Subahdar Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang.

Defeat

On 18 November 1665, Shaista Khan, the Mughal governor of Bengal, sent Abul Hasan to lead a conquest to Sandwip and defeat a 80-year old Dilwar with support of the Dutch military.[2][3] An Arakanese fall out with the Portuguese, led to the Portguese assisting the Mughals.[4] Dilwar, Sharif and 92 associates were imprisoned to Jahangir Nagar where Dilwar died a few days later.[5][6]

Notes
  1. Various spellings including দিলোয়ার, দিলওয়ার, দেলওয়ার, Dilar and Dilawar.

References
  1. Sir Jadunath Sarker, The History of Bengal, Vol II, Muslim Period, 1943, University of Dhaka
  2. Abdul Karim (2012). "Shaista Khan". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. Sarkar, Jadunath, ed. (1973) [First published 1948]. The History of Bengal. Vol. II: Muslim Period, 1200–1757. Patna: Academica Asiatica. p. 379. OCLC 924890. It was Shāista Khan's task to put an end to this terror [the Arakan pirates] ... The Bengal flotilla (nawwāra) had been wofully depleted ... Shāista Khan's energy and persistence overcame every obstacle. A new navy was created, manned and equipped in a little over a year ... In a short time 300 vessels were ... ready in war-trim ... The island of Sondip ... [was] captured ... (November 1665.) A still more important gain was the seduction of the Feringis of Chātgāon from the side of the Arakanese ... A feud had just then broken out between the Magh ruler of Chātgāon and the local Portuguese ... Shāista Khan gave their chief captain a bounty ... and their other leaders were all enlisted in the Mughal service.
  4. Ray, Aniruddha (2012). "Portuguese, The". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. Calcutta Review, July 1871
  6. History of Aurangzib, Vol 3, Jadunath Sarkar,P.204
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