History
When the merchant Chand Sadagar goes for trade in his many ships he passes through Saptagram.
“ ” In Manasamangal by 15th century poet Bipradas PipilaiWhere doesn’t the merchant from Saptagram go?
“ ” from Chandimangal by 16th century poet MukundaramEarliest record suggests that the Muslim ruler Bahram Khan was first appointed the governor of Saptagram during 1324–1328 by Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. He had built a mosque at Saptagram collecting materials from many Hindu and Buddhist temples, thereby indicating the prosperity of Saptagram in the earlier Hindu and Buddhist periods. It is the oldest mosque in Bengal.
When Bahram Khan was transferred to Sonargaon, Izzuddin Yahya was made the next governor of Saptagram in 1328. After his death in 1338, his deputy Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah took control and declared independence from Delhi. Ilyas Shah annexed Lakhnauti in 1342 and Sonargaon in 1352 to his kingdom. Thus Saptagram became a part of whole unified Bengal for the first time in history.
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