Mughal conquest of Sylhet
| Mughal conquest of Sylhet | |||||||||
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| Part of Mughal conquest of Bengal | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Baro-Bhuyan's of Sylhet Supported by: Dimasa Kingdom | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Islam Khan I Commanders:
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Bayazid of Sylhet Khwaja Usman (DOW) Commanders:
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Islam Khan: 1,000 cavalry 5,000 musketeers 300 elephants 300 or 3,000 boats Shuja'at Khan: 1500 cavalry 4,000 musketeers Shaikh Kamal: 1,000 cavalry 4,000 musketeers 100 elephants |
5,000 or 5,200 cavalry 10,000 infantry 140 or 150 elephants | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy | Heavy | ||||||||
The Mughal conquest of Sylhet refers to the military campaigns and eventual incorporation of the Sylhet region (present-day northeastern Bangladesh) into the Mughal Empire during the early 17th century. Following the fall of the Bengal Sultanate and the fragmentation of eastern Bengal into semi-independent Afghan chieftaincies and local zamindari estates after 1576, the Mughals faced prolonged resistance in east Bengal.
The decisive conquest of Sylhet occurred in 1611–1612 during the reign of Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605–1627), when two Mughal forces under Shuja'at Khan and Shaikh Kamal dispatched by Subahdar Islam Khan I simultaneously launched operations against key Afghan leaders Khwaja Usman of Bokainagar and Bayazid Karrani of Sylhet. After Usman's defeat followed by Bayazid's submission, Sylhet and its territories within were formally annexed to the Bengal Subah.