![]() The town was home to important Mughal government officials, including generals, civil servants and jagirdars. įathabad was a strategically important base in south and southwestern Bengal. The medieval poet Alaol was born in Faridpur. Its first mention in Bengali literature was by Daulat Uzir Bahram Khan in his adaption of Layla and Majnun. The Dutch map of Van den Brouck described it as Fathur. The Portuguese cartographer João de Barros mentioned it as Fatiabas. In Ain-i-Akbari, it was named as Haweli Mahal Fatehabad during the reign of Emperor Akbar in the Mughal Empire. Fatehabad continued to be a mint town of the Bengal Sultanate until 1538. Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah established a mint in Fatehabad during his reign in the early 15th century. ![]() ![]() The town of Fatehabad was located by a stream known as the Dead Padma, which was 32 kilometres (20 mi) from the main channel of the Padma River.
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