Masum Khan

Masum Khan was a zamindar of Bengal. He was the eldest son and successor of Baro-Bhuiyan leader Musa Khan and the grandson of Isa Khan.

Early life and family

His father, Musa Khan, and grandfather, Isa Khan, were both prominent leaders of the Baro-Bhuiyan confederacy. His great great grandfather, Bhagirath, was a Bais Rajput who had migrated from Ayodhya to serve as the Dewan of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin [Mahmud Shah]. Khan's great grandfather, Kalidas Gazdani, converted to Islam under the guidance of Ibrahim Danishmand and took the name Sulaiman Khan. Sulaiman married the Sultan's daughter Syeda Momena Khatun, Masum Khan's great grandmother, and received the Zamindari of Sarail.

Rule

Following the death of his father in April 1623, the Subahdar of Mughal Bengal Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang recognised Masum Khan as the successor of Musa's estate.
Masum Khan served in the Mughal army's 1632 Siege of Hooghly against the Portuguese. He also took part in the Mughal invasion of Assam in 1636.