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The Bengal Sultanate had a circle of vassal states in the Indian subcontinent, including parts of Odisha in the southwest, Arakan in the southeast, [7] and Tripura in the east. [8] The Bengal Sultanate controlled large parts of the eastern South Asia during its five dynastic periods, reaching its peak under Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah.
The Delhi Sultanate, under various Islamic dynasties such as the Mamluk Sultanate, the Khalji dynasty, the Turko-Indian Tughlaq dynasty, the Sayyid dynasty and the Lodi dynasty ruled over various parts Bengal for some 300 years, interrupted and frequently challenged by local muslim rulers of Bengal.
Map of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate Bengal Sultanate and the neighbouring kingdoms (1525 CE) A Hindu revival movement led by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu emerged during the Hussain Shahi dynasty. The Bengal Sultanate's territory reached its greatest extent under Alauddin Hussain Shah, founder of the Hussain Shahi dynasty. The ...
The Mubarak Shahi Dynasty (Bengali: মোবারক শাহী খান্দান) was a short lived but detrimental dynasty that emerged out of Bengal and gained independence from the Delhi Sultanate. [1] It was the ruling dynasty of the Sonargaon Sultanate. Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, was the founder and longest ruler of the Sonargaon ...
[5] [6] He is considered as the greatest of all the sultans of Bengal for bringing a cultural renaissance during his reign. Known as the Akbar of Bengal, Husain Shah was known by the Hindus of Bengal as Nripati Tilak and Jagatbhusan. He encouraged the translation of Sanskrit literature into the Bengali language and built the Chota Sona Masjid.
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the founder of the Sultanate of Bengal and its inaugural Ilyas Shahi dynasty. The Ilyas Shahi Dynasty ruled Bengal for 145 years (1342–1487), except for a 21-year interregnum by the descendants of Raja Ganesha. Ilyas Shah was instrumental in unifying the principalities of Bengal into a single state. [2]
Bengal was a regional power of the Indian subcontinent. The administrative jurisdiction of Bengal historically extended beyond the territory of Bengal proper. In the 9th century, the Pala Empire of Bengal ruled large parts of northern India. The Bengal Sultanate controlled Bengal, Assam, Arakan, Bihar and Orissa at different periods in history.
From then Gauda and Vanga seem to be interchangeable names for the whole of Bengal. [13] The Bengal Sultanate in 1500, during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah. Bangala or Shahi Bangala – a sovereign state that encompassed present-day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal and the Myanmar state of Rakhine between the 14th and ...