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Quraishi Magan Thakur

Died in 1660

Quraishi Magan Thakur (c. 1600-1660) was the son of Barai Thakur, a minister of the kingdom of Arakan; his family was settled at Chakrashala, in the present-day Patiya sub-district, in Chittagong district, but work by Muhammad Asaddar Ali places his birth in Sylhet. King Narapatigyi, in his old age, entrusted him with the guardianship of his only daughter; when she became the chief of the queens, he was given the post of prime minister. He protected several poets, among them Alaol.

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