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The Nawab Who Built Bengal: Murshid Quli Khan's Forgotten Legacy
In 1704, a Deccani Brahmin sold into slavery became the most powerful man in Bengal. Murshid Quli Khan wasn't a conqueror—he was an accountant, a tax collector, and the architect of a financial system that made Bengal the richest province in the Mughal Empire. This episode follows his improbable rise from orphaned slave to nawab, how he reorganized Bengal's revenue into a machine that fed Delhi's treasury, and why he moved the capital from Dhaka to a new city he named after himself: Murshidabad. We explore the jagirdari system he reformed, the banking house of Jagat Seth that…
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