Foundation of The Estate
Before his death (1854), Alimullah made an waqf (vestment) for a united status of the zamindari, turning all his property, landed and otherwise, into an indivisible family concern. The property was to be managed jointly by a mutwalli (Administrator), a responsibility which descended upon his second son Khwaja Abdul ghani Mia.
This measure saved the Khwaja Estate from sub-division and fragmentation like other landed estates through a series of successions and transfers. It empowered the Mutawalli to administer the zamindari and other concerns of the family as representative and sole spokesman of the family. He also was to distribute the family income in the form of individual allowances stipulated in the waqfnama (deed of the waqf).
Over and above these responsibilities
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