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Murshidābād

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | 544 words | Copyright

Murshidābād, West Bengal/India Makhsudābād/Muxadābād Believed to have been founded by the Mughal Emperor Akbar† in the 16th century, it became the capital of Bengal in 1704 when this was transferred from Dhākā (now Dacca) by Murshid Kulī Khan, nawab ‘governor’ of Bengal. He renamed it the ‘Place of Murshid’ after himself. As Muhammad Hadi, he had been given the title murshid ‘one who gives the correct guidance’ in Arabic in 1702.

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