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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]
The last Sultan of the dynasty, Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, who continued to rule from Sonargaon, had to contend with rising Afghan activity on his northwestern border. Eventually, the Afghans under the Sur Empire broke through and sacked the capital in 1538 where they remained for several decades, successively establishing two independent ...
Ghiyath Shah, also known as Ghiyas-ud-Din Shah or Ghiyasuddin, was a Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate in the fifteenth century. The son of his predecessor Mahmud Shah I , he reigned from 1469 to 1500. A military leader before his accession, he was known during his reign for his religious devotion and cultural life.
Alauddin Firuz Shah II 1533; Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah 1533-1538; Muhammad Shahi dynasty (1554–64) Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah 1554-1555; Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah I 1555-1561; Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah 1561-1563; Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II 1563-1564; Karrani dynasty (1564–76) Taj Khan Karrani 1564-1565; Sulaiman Khan Karrani 1565-1572
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah was the sultan of Bengal from 1533 to 1538. Shah succeeded his father and brother and became the sultan of Bengal. He inherited an enormous kingdom and a well-decorated administration. The sagacity and intelligence of Sher Shah made it possible to overthrow Ghiasuddin Mahmud Shah from power and take control of Bengal.
Ghiyath Shah (1469–1500), second Sultan of the Khilji dynasty of Malwa; Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (deposed 1538), last sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of Bengal; Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II (r. 1555–1561), Sultan of Bengal; Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah (died 1563), Sultan of Bengal; Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din (fl. 1766–1773), Sultan of the Maldives
A short biography of the prominent Sufis of India have been mentioned in this book including that of Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind. 'Miratul Asrar' by Syed Abdur-Rahman Chishti Abbasi Alavi 'Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (1975), Second Edition(2017) ISBN 978-93-85295-54-6 , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
Contemporary historian Firishta mentions that one of Ahmad Shah's attendants, "Nasir ad-Din Ghulam", seized the throne after his death. 18th-century historian Ghulam Husain Salim claims that Ahmad himself was killed by two of his attendants, Shadi Khan and Nasir Khan, [1] who fought amongst themselves with Nasir Khan usurping control. [13]