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Syed Alaol

Died in 1680

Syed Alaol was born around 1607 in Jalalpur, in Fatehabad, now Madaripur district, the son of a minister of the governor Majlis Qutb. Travelling by sea with his father, he was attacked by pirates: the father was killed, and the son was taken captive to Arakan, where he served as a cavalryman of the guard, then taught music and dance. The chief minister Magan Thakur opened the court of Mrauk U to him. Suspected of ties to the Mughal prince Shah Shuja, who was killed in 1660, he was imprisoned and fell into disgrace, until the qadi Masud Shah took him in. He died in 1680.

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