{"id":13024,"date":"2026-09-12T23:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=13024"},"modified":"2026-09-12T23:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:24:44","slug":"advent-of-islam-in-barak-valley-a-historical-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue8\/advent-of-islam-in-barak-valley-a-historical-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent of Islam in Barak Valley: A Historical Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Author: Dr Kamal Uddin Mazarbhuiya<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080009\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080009<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Barak Valley, comprising present districts of Cachar, Sribhumi [erstwhile Karimganj] and Hailakandi, is presently home to a large Muslim population which forms about 45-50% of the valley\u2019s population, and majority in Hailakandi and Sribhumi districts. However, the advent and spread of Islam in this region has remained largely unstudied in mainstream historiography of Assam which focuses on Brahmaputra Valley. This paper traces the advent of Islam in Barak Valley from early 13th century to the colonial period. It examines three distinct phases &#8211; first, early Turko-Afghan military incursions through Sylhet frontier [1206-1384], second, the Sufi missionary phase led by Shah Jalal and his 360 disciples in Sylhet and adjoining Barak plains, and third, the Mughal and post-Mughal peasant settlement phase which led to large scale agrarian Islamization. The paper uses Persian chronicles like Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, Baharistan-i-Ghaybi, Tarikh-i-Sylhet, local sanads, qabala deeds in Persian, and folk traditions. It argues that Islam in Barak Valley spread not primarily through conquest but through Sufi-led peaceful agrarian expansion and deforestation of haors and beels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Advent of Islam, Barak Valley, Shah Jalal, Sylhet, Sufi, Mughal, Persian Sources, Sribhumi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\"><strong>Page No: 64-68<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64-68.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download journal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Dr Kamal Uddin Mazarbhuiya DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080009 Abstract: Barak Valley, comprising present districts of Cachar, Sribhumi [erstwhile Karimganj] and Hailakandi, is presently home to a large Muslim population which forms about 45-50% of the valley\u2019s population, and majority in Hailakandi and Sribhumi districts. However, the advent and spread of Islam in this region has &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue8\/advent-of-islam-in-barak-valley-a-historical-study\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advent of Islam in Barak Valley: A Historical Study<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":false,"author_link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/author\/asraful-alibiswas\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/category\/volume4-issue8\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Volume4 Issue8<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Author: Dr Kamal Uddin Mazarbhuiya DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080009 Abstract: Barak Valley, comprising present districts of Cachar, Sribhumi [erstwhile Karimganj] and Hailakandi, is presently home to a large Muslim population which forms about 45-50% of the valley\u2019s population, and majority in Hailakandi and Sribhumi districts. 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