Farhad Khan

Nizam-e-Zamanah
Farhad Khan
Thanadar of Bhalwa (Noakhali)
In office
1665-1670
MonarchAurangzeb
GovernorShah Shuja
Faujdar of Sylhet
In office
1670-1678, 1679-1688
GovernorShaista Khan
Preceded byMahafata Khan
Succeeded bySadeq Khan
Faujdar of Islamabad (Chittagong)
In office
1678-1679
GovernorMuhammad Azam Shah
Preceded byBuzurg Umed Khan
Succeeded byJafar Khan
Mughal-Arakanese battle on the Karnaphuli River in 1666

Farhād Khān (Persian: فرهاد خان, Bengali: ফরহাদ খাঁ), also known as Nizam-e-Zamanah (Bengali: নিজাম-ই-জমানা) or Nizam-e-Zaman (Persian: نظام زمان), was a Mughal military strategist who had many positions throughout his life.[1] He was the most well-known Faujdar of Sylhet Sarkar, governing in the late 17th century during the reign of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.[2][3][4] He was renowned for the construction of numerous bridges and places of worship in the region.[5]

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  2. ^ Bangladesh population census. Vol. 20. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance & Planning. 1981. p. xxiv.
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  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ E M Lewis (1868). "Sylhet District". Principal Heads of the History and Statistics of the Dacca Division. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company. pp. 66–67.