Fathullah Shirazi

Persian scholar, astronomer and engineer from Shiraz who served Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur until 1580 and joined Akbar's court in 1583; made Amin-ul-Mulk in 1584 to set the empire's accounts in order, later Azud-ud-Daula and Chief Sadr. Banglapedia and the Chakrabartis name him as the maker of the Tarikh-e-Ilahi and the harvest calendar (fasholi san) from which the Bangla year is said to descend. He died in Kashmir in 1588 or 1589.