Prithimpassa family

Prithimpassa
পৃথিমপাশা
Prithimpassa Imambara
Current regionKulaura, Moulvibazar, Sylhet
EtymologyPrithim pasha
Place of originGreater Khorasan, Persia
FounderSakhi Salamat
MembersIsmail Khan Lodi
Nawab Ali Amjad Khan
Nawab Ali Haider Khan
Nawab Ali Abbas Khan
Connected familiesNawab of Murshidabad
Nawab of Awadh
Nawab of Patna
Zamindars of Monraj
Estate(s)Prithimpassa Nawab Estate
Monraj Saheb Estate
Prithimpassa Suto Saheb Estate

The Prithimpassa family, also known as the Nawabs of Longla,[1][2] are a Shia royal family from the Prithimpassa Union, Kulaura Upazila, Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh. The family was of the erstwhile feudal nobility of East Bengal. They played important roles in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Partition of India and Sylhet referendum in 1947, and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.

Shia Mosque at Prithimpassa Estate
  1. ^ Kaniz-e-Butool. "Urdu". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ Jobrul Alom Shumon (25 August 2015). ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্যে আমাদের সিলেট-পর্ব ০৫ (in Bengali). SBDNews24.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.