Zamindar
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A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari. The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; z
Khwaja Salimullah was a zamindar with the title of Nawab. His family's landholdings in Bengal were one of the largest in British India.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the seat of the Tagore family
Façade of the 300-year-old Bawali Rajbari, with Corinthian pillars, the seat of the Bawali Raj family
Mehtab Chand (1820–79) (zamindar of the Burdwan Raj) as a young man, c. 1840–45 AD.
Khwaja Salimullah
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Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British rule in India. He was born in Ahsan Manzil. Following the family traditio
Zamindar
…Khwaja Salimullah was a zamindar with the title of Nawab. His family's landholdings in Bengal were one of the largest in British India. A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent…
Front view of Ahsan Manzil, Dhaka
Salimullah as a child (1880)
Grave of Nawab Salimullah in the graveyard of Nawab family, KM Azam Lane, Begum Bazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh