The History of Bengal, Vol. II: Muslim Period, 1200-1757
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A standard survey of Bengal from the Turkish conquest through the end of Muslim rule in 1757.
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Murshid Quli Khan Shifts the Capital to Murshidabad
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A standard survey of Bengal from the Turkish conquest through the end of Muslim rule in 1757.
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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.
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A major modern study of Islam, frontier society, agrarian expansion, and state power in Bengal.
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A UNESCO volume on Bengal Sultanate and Mughal-era Islamic architecture, inscriptions, and material culture.
Edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
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A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.
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A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.
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François Bernier’s travel account is useful for the Mughal world, Bengal’s economy, and courtly politics.
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A seventeenth-century travel account useful for trade routes, luxury goods, and Mughal-era commerce.
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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.
William Foster / Charles Fawcett
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Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.
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Banglapedia entry outlining Murshid Quli Khan's administrative role and the capital transfer context in early eighteenth-century Bengal.
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Background on why Murshidabad rose as the political and financial center of Bengal and how the city developed under the nawabs.
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Britannica summary noting the early eighteenth-century transfer of Bengal's capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad.