Sabi Khan

Sabi Khan
Faujdar of Sarkar Bakla
In office
1618-?
MonarchJahangir
GovernorIbrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang
Preceded bySyed Hakim

Ṣabīḥ Khān (Persian: صبيح خان), popularly known as Sabi Khan (Bengali: ছবি খাঁ), was a Mughal statesman best known for serving as the Kotwal and Faujdar of Bakla (Barisal) during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir. He was renowned for the construction of numerous roads, bridges, reservoirs and places of worship in the Barisal region.[1] Henry Beveridge credits him as the first road-builder of the region.[2] The Kotalipara Upazila is named after him.[3]

  1. ^ Khatun, Habiba (2006). Iqlim Sonargaon: History, Jurisdiction, Monuments. Academic Press and Publishers Library. pp. 39, 125. ISBN 9789840802128.
  2. ^ Saifuddin, Mohammad; Asghar, Shaukat, eds. (1990). বাকেরগঞ্জ জেলার ইতিহাস [History of Bakerganj District] (in Bengali). History of Bakerganj District Project. p. 520.
  3. ^ Beveridge (1876), p. 48.