Qasimabad Estate

Qasimabad estate
1675-1952
Capital	Qasimabad (1675-1741) Bahadurganj (1742-1952)
Religion	Islam
Demonym(s)	Qasimabadi, Bahadurganji
Government	Monarchy under Surgenaty
Zamindar, Jagirdar
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1675
• Disestablished	1952
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of India
Today part of	Ghazipur, Mau, Ballia

Qasimabad Estate, (also known as Abdulpur Zamindari) was a Zamindari estate and a jagir, located in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India it got the status of jagir in year 1675. Qasimabad also became an independent monarchy from 20 April 1719 - 5 February 1722. The capital of Qasimabad estate was the town of Qasimabad but later, in 1758 the capital was shifted to Bahadurganj. Qasimabad estate had an area of 672 km² (259 sq mi) in 1850.

History[]

It was ruled by the family of Abdulpur (Bahadurganj) who were the descendants of . Originally Qasim Khan was ruler of Zahurabad estate till his death in 1741 but lived in his kot at Daharwara . His son established Qasimabad after his name and build Qasimabad fort. In 1775, it became a part of in Banaras Estate, and the Raja's of Qasimabad Estate came under the surgenaty of Raja of Banaras. The Nawabs of Qasimabad also built some forts, namely Qasimabad Fort, Bahadurganj Fort, and Jalalabad fort. The First ruler was Sheikh Muhammad Qasim and last was Zamindar Sikandar Khan. Sikandar Khan was son of Hassan Khan. At its last days Qasimabad estate was spread over 336.66  km².During its largest extent it was spread over 1827 villages and had the area of 5,006 km² (1,933 sq mi) from 1735 to 1760.^[1][2][3]

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