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During the closing years of the 17th century, when the ruinous wars on the Deccan front had seized the imperial attention entirely, vast swathes of the Bengal countryside were overrun by a ruthless and bloodthirsty Afghan insurgent, Rahim Khan. In his uprising, he received the solid support of quite a few Hindu zamindars, not to mention the backing from his Afghan clansmen scattered virtually throughout the entire province.
Aurangzeb’s grandson, Prince Azim-ush-Shan, who had been entrusted with the responsibility to put down the rebellion, decided to make overtures to Rahim Khan. To that end, Khwaja Anwar, a trusted lieutenant of the prince, was sent to Rahim Khan’s camp to negotiate the terms of peace. The Afghan rebel, however, had treachery in his mind. As soon as Khwaja Anwar entered Rahim Khan’s camp, assassins pounced on him and hacked him to pieces.
Rahim Khan, too, didn’t live long to enjoy the fruits of his latest act of treachery. Shortly afterwards, in a battle with the Mughal army, he was killed and beheaded by the prince’s army. Khwaja Anwar’s sacrifice for the imperial cause, however, wasn’t forgotten by the Mughals. Prince Azim-ush-Shan, who stayed on in Bardhaman for three years, had Khwaja’s body buried at Nawab Bari with all the respect and honor that was due to a martyr. Later, when Azim-us-shan’s son, Farrukhsiyar ascended the Mughal throne in 1713, he commissioned the construction of an imposing mausoleum over Khawaja’s final resting place. Farrukhsiyar also provided his family with a pension for the maintenance of the tomb and its large complex.
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