Kingdom of Taraf তরফ রাজ্য | |||||||||||
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| c. 1200–c. 1610 | |||||||||||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Taraf_Map.jpg) Syed Murad Ahmad's map of Chunarughat, main Taraf, denoting both its modern and historical sites. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Rajpur (1200–1304), Laskarpur (1304–1610) | ||||||||||
| Recognised national languages | Middle Bengali, Persian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism (1200–1304), Islam (1304–1610) | ||||||||||
• 1240–1253 | Epivishnu (first) | ||||||||||
• 1253 | Shandul | ||||||||||
• 1253–1260 | Bhadra Janardan | ||||||||||
• 1260–1304 | Achak Narayan | ||||||||||
• 1304– | Syed Nasiruddin | ||||||||||
• 1350s | Syed Sirajuddin | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Classical period | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 1200 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 1610 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Bangladesh | ||||||||||
Taraf (Bengali: তরফ/তরপ, romanized: Torof/Torop), previously known as Tungachal (Bengali: তুঙ্গাচল, romanized: Tungachol), was a feudal territory of the Sylhet region in Bengal and was under many petty kingdoms in different periods of time. It was part of what is present-day Habiganj District in Bangladesh.
Tungachal became a part of Brahmachal in 1170 AD and was annexed back to Gour Kingdom in 1258 for a few years before being captured by Twipra Kingdom. Gour Govinda, the king of Gour, would retake Tungachal in 1260. Following the Capture of Taraf in 1304, the area came under the rule of Syed Nasiruddin and was renamed to Taraf.[1] The territory was transformed to a renowned centre of Islamic and linguistic education in the Indian subcontinent hosting writers such as Syed Shah Israil, Syed Pir Badshah and Syed Rayhan ad-Din.[2][3][4][5] Taraf peacefully remained under the rule of Nasiruddin's descendants until the Twipra Kingdom conquered it. Not long after, Khwaja Usman would shortly take over Taraf until his defeat by the Mughal Empire. The Mughals made use of the fortified territory in its future battles. Taraf remained as an administrative pargana up until the Partition of India in 1947.
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