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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.
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]
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
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 ...
Sultan Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah constructed a highway from Chittagong to Chandpur and ordered the construction of many lavish mosques and tombs. After the defeat of the Sultan of Bengal Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah in the hands of Sher Shah Suri in 1538, the Arakanese Kingdom of Mrauk U managed to regain Chittagong.
Her father, Sultan Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, was the son of Alauddin Husain Shah – the founder of the dynasty. Her sister was the wife of Khidr Khan Surak. [1] She later married Sulaiman Khan né Kalidas Gazdani, who was her father's Dewan and the Zamindar of Sarail.
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 was born in 1140 CE; [1] he was the son of Baha al-Din Sam I, who briefly reigned as king of the Ghurid dynasty in 1149.According to the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri by Minhaj al-Siraj, his birth name like his younger sibling Muhammad of Ghor was "Muhammad".