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Bahadur Ghazi zamindar of bhawal,
belonged to the renowned Ghazi family which had originally settled at
Chaura, about a mile north of Kaliganj in Ghazipur district. Bahadur Ghazi
was a close associate of musa
khan. He possessed a large number of war-boats with which he
took a prominent part in Musa Khan's struggle against the Mughals, and
tendered submission only after the final defeat of his chief (1611). Subahdar
islam khan
appropriated his war-boats, but spared his zamindari. As a vassal zamindar
he served in the train of the imperialists in their campaigns and took
active part in the expedition against pratapaditya
of Jessore (1611-12) and in their conquest of kamarupa
(1613). Bahadur was actively involved in the conspiracy organised by anwar
khan of Baniachang (1611) to capture the leading mansabdars
at the imperial camp at Hasanpur and imprison Islam Khan at Dhaka. The
secret plan of Bahadur Ghazi was detected and he was put in fetters. [Muazzam
Hussain Khan] |
