Talk:Pratapgarh Kingdom

Pratapgarh alternate origins?
Hi, check out this book https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126984/page/n103/mode/2up It says that the founding prince of Pratapgarh was from Kamata royal family and had no sons, just one daughter. The origins here are very different to that in the article.
 * Hey, thanks for bringing this to my attention. It's a pretty interesting idea, but based on the references to Tezpur and Darrang district (both located in northern Assam), I'm thinking this is a different Pratapgarh. It may be possible that the "Pertabgarh Tea Estate" that it's referencing is this one, which is located in that area. Though it is a big coincidence that both families were established around the same time. Alivardi   (talk)  16:41, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

The "Mughol" tribe
Good spot, it does look like the "Mughols" are identical to the group you discussed on the Mubariz Khan article. As to why I mentioned them, when writing the new sections, Sainsf had suggested that I follow the format of this article, which had a subsection for "Ethnic identity". Since there were multiple ethnic groups living in Pratapgarh, I decided to list all the ones I could find sources for, among which were the "Mughols". Furthermore, since it seemed too short by it self, I also decided to include a general customs & culture overview. Alivardi  (talk)  13:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Interesting. How about the Bengali people (Sylhetis) that inhabited Pratapgarh? I'm assuming they were the majority since modern-day Karimganj has a Bengali majority, yet you never mentioned Bengalis. UserNumber (talk) 13:39, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I know, that's what I thought too. But I haven't found a source yet which specifically states that, so I can't do anything about it at the moment. Alivardi   (talk)  13:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)


 * I would assume that the rulers of Pratapgarh, just like many foreign Muslims who settled in Bengal, eventually integrated into Bengali Muslim identities, especially looking at their choices of names down the family tree.UserNumber (talk) 13:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Presumably, but again, without a source... I mean, do you know how much I wanted to comment on how unusual it is that a Muslim sultan had a daughter named Lavanyavati? Or the impossable fact that Marhamat Khan, who was an adult in the early 1500s, somehow had a grandson who was still alive over two centuries later? And a dozen other things about this subject that deserve mention. Yet, I'm stuck because no proper source has discussed them. Alivardi   (talk)  14:19, 19 May 2020 (UTC)