Islam Khan I

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Islam Khan I

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| relatives = Shaikh Hushang alias Ikram Khan (son)
Shaikh Muazzam (son)
[[Salim Chishti]] (grandfather)
[[Mukarram Khan]] (son-in-law)
[[Qutubuddin Koka]] (cousin)
Shaikh Ghiyasuddin (brother)
| relatives = Shaikh Hushang alias Ikram Khan (son)
Shaikh Muazzam (son)
[[Salim Chishti]] (grandfather)
[[Mukarram Khan]] (son-in-law)
[[Qutubuddin Koka]] (cousin)
Shaikh Ghiyasuddin (brother)
}}
}}

'''Shaikh Alauddin Chisti''' (1570–1613; popularly known as '''Islam Khan Chisti''') was a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] general and the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bihar Subah|Bihar]]{{cite journal |last1=Ahmad |first1=Imtiaz |title=Mughal Governors of Bihar Under Akbar and Jahangir |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2002 |volume=63 |pages=281–288 |jstor=44158096 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158096}} from 1607 to 1608 and later [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]] from 1608 till his death in 1613. Under his viceroy Mughal rule was effectively consolidated in Bengal. He transferred the capital of Bengal from [[Rajmahal]] to [[Sonargaon]] and founded the city of [[Jahangirnagar]]. He was awarded the titular name of '''Islam Khan''' by Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]].
'''Shaikh Alauddin Chisti''' ({{circa|1570}} – 4 May 1613), popularly known as '''Islam Khan Chisti''', was a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] general and the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bihar Subah|Bihar]]{{cite journal |last1=Ahmad |first1=Imtiaz |title=Mughal Governors of Bihar Under Akbar and Jahangir |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2002 |volume=63 |pages=281–288 |jstor=44158096 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44158096}} from 1607 to 1608 and later [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]] from 1608 till his death in 1613. Under his viceroy Mughal rule was effectively consolidated in Bengal. He transferred the capital of Bengal from [[Rajmahal]] to [[Sonargaon]] and founded the city of [[Jahangirnagar]]. He was awarded the titular name of '''Islam Khan''' by Mughal emperor [[Jahangir]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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