A History of Assam c19.19

c19.19

The Governor of Sylhet in the days of the independent kings of Bengal held the rank of Nawāb. Under the Mughals, Sylhet was governed by an Amil. This official was subordinate to the Nawāb of Dacca, but he was himself known locally as Nawāb. The *Amils* seem to have been constantly changed, and the names of about forty of them can still be gathered from their seals. One of the best was Fasād Khān, who held office at the end of the seventeenth century and constructed numerous roads and bridges. An inscription on a bridge, which still bears his name, records its construction by him in 1085 A.H. or 1673 A.D.