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Kālā Pahaṛ (; died 12 July 1576), also known as Kalapahada was a Bengali Muslim General of the Bengal Sultanate under the reigning Karrani Dynasty.

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Kālā Pahaṛ (; died 12 July 1576), also known as Kalapahada was a Bengali Muslim General of the Bengal Sultanate under the reigning Karrani Dynasty.

According to traditional narratives pieced together since late 18th century, Kalapahaṛ was a Bengali Brahmin from either Bhurisrestha or Barendra who was military commander of the Sultanate & fell in love with the Sultan Sulaiman Khan Karrani's daughter, which led him to convert to Islam in order to win her hand (or being excommunicated by the Brahmin pandits, who denied him prayaschitta) and solidified his position within the ruling Muslim elite of Bengal; this conversion is often associated with his change in name from Kalachand Ray/Rajibalochana Bhaduri to "Mohammad Farmuli."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalapahar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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