Following the death of Sylhet's wazirSikandar Khan Ghazi, Sylhet became leaderless. Shah Jalal himself then appointed Haydar Ghazi as the second wazir to rule over Sylhet. It is unknown how long Haydar's governorship was but historians estimate his term finished some time after the death of Shah Jalal which was in 1346. The next known Wazir of Sylhet was Muqabil Khan who ruled in 1440.
After his rule in Sylhet, Haydar moved to Sonargaon where he spent the rest of his life.[7] His mazar remains in Sonargaon (in Dhaka Division).[8][2]
Legacy
Haydar Ghazi's descendant by the name of Shaikh Ali Sher Bengali wrote a book called Commentary on the excursion of the souls (Arabic: شرح نزهة الأرواح, romanized: Sharḥ Nuzhat al-Arwāḥ) which contained one of the earliest biographies of Shah Jalal.[9][7][10][11] However, Muhammad Mojlum Khan is of the solitary opinion that the biography was written by Haydar Ghazi himself, under his pen name Shaykh Noorul Huda Abul Karamat.[12] The latter is most likely an error as the book was written in 1571, 2 centuries after the time of Haydar Ghazi.[6] The Sharh written by Ali Sher is a primary source which inspired the later and more well-known - Gulzar-i-Abrar - a collection of Sufi saint biographies written by Muhammad Ghauth Shattari of Mandvi in 1613.[9][12]
^ abKhan, Muhammad Mojlum (21 October 2013). "Shah Jalal". The Muslim Heritage of Bengal: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal. Kube Publishing. p. 23.
