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Mahmud experienced the rule of the Ganesha dynasty that had usurped the throne of Bengal from Mahmud's relative Sultan Saifuddin Hamza Shah. According to contemporary historian Firishta , Mahmud was living a quiet life as a farmer in rural Bengal during this period.
Name Reign Notes Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah: 1352–1358 Became the first sole ruler of whole Bengal comprising Sonargaon, Satgaon and Lakhnauti.: Sikandar Shah: 1358–1390 Killed in battle with his son and successor, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
Mahmud Shah II of Bengal. ... Mahmud Shah II was an infant Sultan of Bengal with Habsh Khan as his regent. [1] Both of them were killed in 1490 by Shamsuddin Muzaffar ...
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah and his Portuguese allies were defeated by Sher Shah Suri on 6 April 1538, as his appeals to the Mughal Emperor Humayun went unanswered. [1] Ghiyasuddin died of wounds sustained during the siege of Gaur by Sher Shah Suri, and grief after learning two of his sons had been executed by the Afghans. [3] [4]
Mahmud Shah of Bengal (1435–1459) Mir Mahmud Hotaki, Mahmud Shah Hotak, ruler of Persia/Afghanistan from 1717 to 1725; Mahmud Shah Durrani, Ruler of Afghanistan between 1801–1803 and 1809–1818; Muhamud Muzaffar Shah (1823–1864), Sultan of Riau Sultanate; Rulers of Gujarat Sultanate. Mahmud Shah I (1458-1511), popularly known as Mahmud ...
Nasrat Shah's treaty with Babur saved Bengal from a Mughal invasion, which was a diplomatic proposition brought forth following Nasrat Shah's defeat at the Battle of Ghaghra. [8] The construction of the Baro Shona Masjid was completed during the reign of Nasrat Shah, which was originally initiated by Husain Shah.
The Bengal Sultanate, a major trading nation in the world, [9] was founded in 1342 by Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, after he united Satgaon, Lakhnauti and Sonargaon. [10] The Ilyas Shahi dynasty ruled Bengal for nearly 150 years.
The ancestors of Ilyas Shah originated from Sistan, and according to Syed A M R Haque, arrived to the subcontinent as Muslim missionaries and the family were granted jagirs in Bengal in the year 1227. Bengal was under the Delhi Sultanate at the time. During the governorship of Izz al-Din Yahya in Satgaon, Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah took service ...