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		<title>Mukbil at 15:38, 3 July 2021</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[Subahdar|subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[Mirza Nathan|mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[Diwani|diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[Baharistan-i-Ghaibi|baharistan-i-ghaibi]]&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[Subahdar|subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[Mirza Nathan|mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[Diwani|diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[Baharistan-i-Ghaibi|baharistan-i-ghaibi]]&#039;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[Sarkar, Jadunath|jadunath sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &amp;#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&amp;#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[Jahangir|jahangir]]&amp;#039;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[Islam Khan Chisti|islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[Subahdar|subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[Sarkar, Jadunath|jadunath sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &amp;#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&amp;#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[Jahangir|jahangir]]&amp;#039;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[Islam Khan Chisti|islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[Subahdar|subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[Subahdar|subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[Mirza Nathan|mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[Diwani|diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[Baharistan-i Ghaibi|baharistan-i ghaibi]]&#039;;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[Subahdar|subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[Mirza Nathan|mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[Diwani|diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[Baharistan-i&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/ins&gt;Ghaibi|baharistan-i&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/ins&gt;ghaibi]]&#039;;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[Sarkar, Jadunath|jadunath sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &amp;#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&amp;#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[Jahangir|jahangir]]&amp;#039;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[Islam Khan Chisti|islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[Subahdar|subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[Sarkar, Jadunath|jadunath sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &amp;#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&amp;#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[Jahangir|jahangir]]&amp;#039;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[Islam Khan Chisti|islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[Subahdar|subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the Mughal era [[Dhaka|dhaka]] became the capital of Bengal [[Subah|subah]] in 1610 AD. Although the historians could not be unanimous about this date in the beginning, later &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Baharistan-i-Ghayebi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Mirza Nathan and the dates mentioned in Lutif&amp;#039;s diary helped resolve this matter easily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the Mughal era [[Dhaka|dhaka]] became the capital of Bengal [[Subah|subah]] in 1610 AD. Although the historians could not be unanimous about this date in the beginning, later &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Baharistan-i-Ghayebi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Mirza Nathan and the dates mentioned in Lutif&amp;#039;s diary helped resolve this matter easily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For reconstructing the history of the medieval Bengal, travelogues are regarded as very important sources. Besides, as time passed by, the rivers of Bengal changed their courses. Although it does not match with the current geographical map of Bengal, it is very important for geographical history, because of its description of the river ways from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat and it mention of the places along the course. Also, name and introduction of the [[Bara-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bhuiyan&lt;/del&gt;|bara-bhuiyan]]s and the [[Zamindar|zamindar]]s (the land owners) are found in the diary who came to see the Subahdar with gifts at different points of the journey.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For reconstructing the history of the medieval Bengal, travelogues are regarded as very important sources. Besides, as time passed by, the rivers of Bengal changed their courses. Although it does not match with the current geographical map of Bengal, it is very important for geographical history, because of its description of the river ways from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat and it mention of the places along the course. Also, name and introduction of the [[Bara-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bhuiyans, The&lt;/ins&gt;|bara-bhuiyan]]s and the [[Zamindar|zamindar]]s (the land owners) are found in the diary who came to see the Subahdar with gifts at different points of the journey.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abdul Lutif worked under diwan Mutaqid Khan in the diwani department. Mutaqid Khan served in Bengal till the middle of 1612 AD. Later, he was called back by the central government. Although the travelogue ends on 15 October 1609 AD with Islam Khan Chishti&amp;#039;s departure from Ghoraghat for Bhati areas, it is assumed that Lutif wrote the diary till 1612 AD. But the complete diary is yet to be discovered. [Nasrin Akhter]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abdul Lutif worked under diwan Mutaqid Khan in the diwani department. Mutaqid Khan served in Bengal till the middle of 1612 AD. Later, he was called back by the central government. Although the travelogue ends on 15 October 1609 AD with Islam Khan Chishti&amp;#039;s departure from Ghoraghat for Bhati areas, it is assumed that Lutif wrote the diary till 1612 AD. But the complete diary is yet to be discovered. [Nasrin Akhter]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[baharistan-i ghaibi]]&#039;;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Abdul Lutif&#039;&#039;&#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Subahdar|&lt;/ins&gt;subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mirza Nathan|&lt;/ins&gt;mirza nathan]] (author of &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&#039;&#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Diwani|&lt;/ins&gt;diwani]] office, in his book &#039;[[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Baharistan-i Ghaibi|&lt;/ins&gt;baharistan-i ghaibi]]&#039;;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;j]][[adunath &lt;/del&gt;sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[jahangir]]&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sir [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sarkar, Jadunath|jadunath &lt;/ins&gt;sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Jahangir|&lt;/ins&gt;jahangir]]&#039;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Islam Khan Chisti|&lt;/ins&gt;islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Subahdar|&lt;/ins&gt;subahdar]] of Bengal.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Latif&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s diary is very brief. His master Abul Hasan Shihab Khani Mutaqid Khan was given appointment to be the diwan of Bengal in 1608 AD. Lutif recorded the journey with his master from Agra to Bengal. The diary starts the travelogue with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s departure from Rajmahal for Ghoraghat and ends with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s departure from Ghoraghat for further downstream areas (called &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;Bhati&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;; in Bangla). Though brief, this diary is regarded as a very important document from the historical point of view because of its mention of dates of each and every segments of the journey; including departure from Rajmahal, the stopovers at different places, departure from Ghoraghat and so on.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Latif&#039;s diary is very brief. His master Abul Hasan Shihab Khani Mutaqid Khan was given appointment to be the diwan of Bengal in 1608 AD. Lutif recorded the journey with his master from Agra to Bengal. The diary starts the travelogue with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;s departure from Rajmahal for Ghoraghat and ends with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;s departure from Ghoraghat for further downstream areas (called &#039;&#039;Bhati&#039;&#039;; in Bangla). Though brief, this diary is regarded as a very important document from the historical point of view because of its mention of dates of each and every segments of the journey; including departure from Rajmahal, the stopovers at different places, departure from Ghoraghat and so on.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the Mughal era [[dhaka]] became the capital of Bengal[[ subah]] in 1610 AD. Although the historians could not be unanimous about this date in the beginning, later &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-Ghayebi&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;;&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039; of Mirza Nathan and the dates mentioned in Lutif&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s diary helped resolve this matter easily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the Mughal era [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dhaka|&lt;/ins&gt;dhaka]] became the capital of Bengal [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Subah|&lt;/ins&gt;subah]] in 1610 AD. Although the historians could not be unanimous about this date in the beginning, later &#039;&#039;Baharistan-i-Ghayebi&#039;&#039; of Mirza Nathan and the dates mentioned in Lutif&#039;s diary helped resolve this matter easily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For reconstructing the history of the medieval Bengal, travelogues are regarded as very important sources. Besides, as time passed by, the rivers of Bengal changed their courses. Although it does not match with the current geographical map of Bengal, it is very important for geographical history, because of its description of the river ways from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat and it mention of the places along the course. Also, name and introduction of the [[bara&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]][[&lt;/del&gt;-bhuiyan]]s and the [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;zamind]][[ar&lt;/del&gt;]]s (the land owners) are found in the diary who came to see the Subahdar with gifts at different points of the journey.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For reconstructing the history of the medieval Bengal, travelogues are regarded as very important sources. Besides, as time passed by, the rivers of Bengal changed their courses. Although it does not match with the current geographical map of Bengal, it is very important for geographical history, because of its description of the river ways from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat and it mention of the places along the course. Also, name and introduction of the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bara-bhuiyan|&lt;/ins&gt;bara-bhuiyan]]s and the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Zamindar|zamindar&lt;/ins&gt;]]s (the land owners) are found in the diary who came to see the Subahdar with gifts at different points of the journey.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abdul Lutif worked under diwan Mutaqid Khan in the diwani department. Mutaqid Khan served in Bengal till the middle of 1612 AD. Later, he was called back by the central government. Although the travelogue ends on 15 October 1609 AD with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s departure from Ghoraghat for Bhati areas, it is assumed that Lutif wrote the diary till 1612 AD. But the complete diary is yet to be discovered. [Nasrin Akhter&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] [Akhter, Nasrin  Assistant Editor, Banglapedia&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Abdul Lutif worked under diwan Mutaqid Khan in the diwani department. Mutaqid Khan served in Bengal till the middle of 1612 AD. Later, he was called back by the central government. Although the travelogue ends on 15 October 1609 AD with Islam Khan Chishti&#039;s departure from Ghoraghat for Bhati areas, it is assumed that Lutif wrote the diary till 1612 AD. But the complete diary is yet to be discovered. [Nasrin Akhter]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Abdul Lutif&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; a Mughal historian and a royal official from Ahmedabad, moved to Agra first and then to the province of Bengal in 17th century. While traveling from Agra to Bengal, he wrote his travelogue in the form of a diary. In 1609 AD, Lutif accompanied Mughal [[subahdar]] Islam Khan, Dewan Mutaqid Khan and other royal officials in their journey by river from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat. [[mirza nathan]] (author of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Baharistan-i-gaebi&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) mentioned one Abdul Lutif as his friend and an accountant at the [[diwani]] office, in his book &amp;#039;[[baharistan-i ghaibi]]&amp;#039;;. According to the historians, this Abdul Lutif and the diary writer are the same person. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sir [[j]][[adunath sarkar]] was the first one to discover the manuscript of the diary. He translated the &amp;#039;Rajmahal &amp;amp;#8211; Ghoraghat&amp;#039;; part of the travelogue into Bangla and English and abridged it. According to Sir Jodunath, Abdul Lutif belongs to the beginning of Emperor [[jahangir]]&amp;#039;;s reign when Sheikh Alauddin Chishti alias [[islam khan chisti]] was appointed as the [[subahdar]] of Bengal. &lt;br /&gt;
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Latif&amp;#039;;s diary is very brief. His master Abul Hasan Shihab Khani Mutaqid Khan was given appointment to be the diwan of Bengal in 1608 AD. Lutif recorded the journey with his master from Agra to Bengal. The diary starts the travelogue with Islam Khan Chishti&amp;#039;;s departure from Rajmahal for Ghoraghat and ends with Islam Khan Chishti&amp;#039;;s departure from Ghoraghat for further downstream areas (called &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bhati&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;; in Bangla). Though brief, this diary is regarded as a very important document from the historical point of view because of its mention of dates of each and every segments of the journey; including departure from Rajmahal, the stopovers at different places, departure from Ghoraghat and so on. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the Mughal era [[dhaka]] became the capital of Bengal[[ subah]] in 1610 AD. Although the historians could not be unanimous about this date in the beginning, later &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Baharistan-i-Ghayebi&amp;#039;;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Mirza Nathan and the dates mentioned in Lutif&amp;#039;;s diary helped resolve this matter easily.&lt;br /&gt;
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For reconstructing the history of the medieval Bengal, travelogues are regarded as very important sources. Besides, as time passed by, the rivers of Bengal changed their courses. Although it does not match with the current geographical map of Bengal, it is very important for geographical history, because of its description of the river ways from Rajmahal to Ghoraghat and it mention of the places along the course. Also, name and introduction of the [[bara]][[-bhuiyan]]s and the [[zamind]][[ar]]s (the land owners) are found in the diary who came to see the Subahdar with gifts at different points of the journey. &lt;br /&gt;
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Abdul Lutif worked under diwan Mutaqid Khan in the diwani department. Mutaqid Khan served in Bengal till the middle of 1612 AD. Later, he was called back by the central government. Although the travelogue ends on 15 October 1609 AD with Islam Khan Chishti&amp;#039;;s departure from Ghoraghat for Bhati areas, it is assumed that Lutif wrote the diary till 1612 AD. But the complete diary is yet to be discovered. [Nasrin Akhter] [Akhter, Nasrin  Assistant Editor, Banglapedia]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Biography]]&lt;br /&gt;
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