Muqabil Khan | |
Wazir of Srihat | |
Term: | 1440 |
Predecessor: | Unknown |
Successor: | Khurshid Khan |
Death Date: | 15th century |
Death Place: | Sylhet |
Resting Place: | Dargah of Shah Jalal, Sylhet |
Muqabil Khan (bn|মুকাবিল খান, fa|{{Nastaliq|مقابل خان), also known as Maqbul Khan (bn|মকবুল খান, fa|{{Nastaliq|مقبول خان), was a wazir and sar-e-lashkar of Srihat (Sylhet) in 1440.[1] He was the wazir of Sylhet in 1440 during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of the restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty.[2] It is unknown when Khan's office started and how long he was wazir for. After his death, he was buried in the dargah of Shah Jalal, to the west of Jalal's tomb.[3] There is a gap between Haydar Ghazi, wazir of Sylhet in the mid-fourteenth century, and Khan as the governors of Sylhet during that time is unknown. The next known successor of Muqabil Khan was Khurshid Khan who governed Sylhet in the 1460s.