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❦Mughal Conquest Phase in Bengal Largely Completed
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Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
— William Foster / Charles Fawcett
Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
A major modern study of Islam, frontier society, agrarian expansion, and state power in Bengal.
Reference Sources · General Reference
The official chronicle of Akbar’s reign, useful for the Mughal conquest and consolidation of Bengal.
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Mirza Nathan’s eyewitness chronicle of Bengal, Assam, and neighboring regions under Jahangir.
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Overview of Mughal campaigns in Bengal, including Rajmahal and post-1576 consolidation.
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A first-hand European account of Mughal India with strong value for Bengal and late Mughal politics, though it should be used critically.
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Jahangir’s memoirs for the early seventeenth century, useful for Mughal politics and Bengal campaigns.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Abu l-Fazl’s administrative record of Akbar’s empire, including Bengal’s geography and revenue administration.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Banglapedia overview of the Bara-Bhuiyans and their resistance role in late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century Bengal.
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Banglapedia summary of the 12 July 1576 battle and the defeat of Daud Khan Karrani.
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A key Persian chronicle of Muslim rule in Bengal from the conquest of Nadia in 1204-05 to Plassey in 1757.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
A standard survey of Bengal from the Turkish conquest through the end of Muslim rule in 1757.
Cultural and Literary Resources · Literature and Cultural Texts
A UNESCO volume on Bengal Sultanate and Mughal-era Islamic architecture, inscriptions, and material culture.