Agha Mutahhar

He was an Iranian merchant who settled at Hugli. He became a courtier of Emperor Awrangzeb. That monarch had conferred upon him extensive djagirs in Djisur and other places in Bengal, and Agha Mutahhar, eager to take possession, finally himself set out from Dihli for the Eastern province. So well did he manage his newly acquired lands that he soon became one of the wealthiest men in the province. For many years he remained childless and it was only in very old age that a daughter was born to him. When she was seven years old, he died leaving all his properties to her.