Shah of Bengal Shah of the Bengalis[1] Father Of The Bengali Nation The Second Alexander Shams ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Ilyās Shāh[2]
1st Sultan of Bengal
Reign
1352–1358
Predecessor
Satgaon: himself Lakhnauti: Alauddin Ali Shah Sonargaon: Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah
Successor
Sikandar Shah
Ruler of Satgaon
Reign
1342–1352
Predecessor
Izzuddin Yahya
Successor
Position abolished (himself as Sultan of Bengal)
Burial
Hajipur, Bihar
Spouse
Phulwara Begum
Issue
Shahzada Sikandar
House
Ilyas Shahi dynasty
Religion
Sunni Islam
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Bengal Sultanate
Ruling dynasties
Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342–1414)
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah 1342-1358
Sikandar Shah 1358-1390
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah 1390-1411
Saifuddin Hamza Shah 1411-1413
Muhammad bin Hamza Shah 1413
Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah 1413-1414
Alauddin Firuz Shah I 1414
House of Ganesha (1414–35)
Raja Ganesha 1414-1415
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah 1415-1416
Raja Ganesha 1416-1418
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah 1418-1433
Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah 1433-1435
Restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1435–87)
Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah 1435-1459
Ruknuddin Barbak Shah 1459-1474
Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah 1474-1481
Nuruddin Sikandar Shah 1481
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah 1481-1487
Habshi rule (1487–94)
Shahzada Barbak 1487
Saifuddin Firuz Shah 1487-1489
Mahmud Shah II 1489-1490
Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah 1490-1494
Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494–1538)
Alauddin Hussain Shah 1494-1518
Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah 1518-1533
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
Bayazid Khan Karrani 1572
Daud Khan Karrani 1572-1576
Subdivisions
Mint Towns:
Pandua
Sonargaon
Gaur
Khalifatabad
Satgaon
Chatgaon
Tanda
Fatehabad
Hajo
Cuttack
Jaunpur
Mrauk U
Realms:
Chandradwip
Orissa
Pratapgarh
Rohang
Srihat
Tripura
Architecture
Adina Mosque
Sixty Dome Mosque
Firoz Minar
Choto Sona Mosque
Baro Shona Masjid
Bagha Mosque
Pathrail Mosque
Panbari Mosque
Shankarpasha Mosque
Goaldi Mosque
Majidbaria Mosque
Darasbari Mosque
Eklakhi Mausoleum
Muazzampur Mosque
Qasba Mosque
Kusumba Mosque
Sura Mosque
Nine Dome Mosque
Jamaluddin Mosque
Nasrat Gazi Mosque
Culture
Literature
Dobhashi
Yusuf-Zulekha
Persian influence
Indo-Persian culture
Persianate society
Education
Ghiyathiyyah Madrasah
Economy
History of the taka
Warfare
Ekdala (1353-1359)
Jaunpur (1415-1420)
Reconquest of Arakan (1429-1430)
Kamata (1498)
Mrauk U (1512–1516)
Mughal invasion of Bengal
Ghaghra (1529)
Tukaroi (1575)
Rajmahal (1576)
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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. The Ilyas Shahi rulers are considered to be among the most important political, diplomatic and military leaders of Bengal during the sultanate period. In Bengali history, Ilyas Shah himself has been compared with Alexander the Great because of his ability to conquer large swathes of the Indian subcontinent.[3] Ilyas Shah was instrumental in unifying the principalities of Bengal into a single state.[4]
Born in Sistan, and a follower of Sunni Islam, Ilyas Shah rose through the ranks of the Delhi Sultanate.[5] In the early 14th-century, the Delhi Sultanate divided Bengal into three provinces based in the towns of Satgaon in South Bengal, Sonargaon in East Bengal, and Lakhnauti in North Bengal. The purpose was to improve administration as Delhi's sway over Bengal weakened. Ilyas Shah was appointed Governor of Satgaon. In the middle of the 14th-century, the governors of the three city-states declared independence. The three city-states began warring against one another. Ilyas Shah eventually defeated the ruler of Lakhnauti, Alauddin Ali Shah, and the ruler of Sonargaon, Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah. He unified Bengal into an independent sultanate, establishing his capital in Pandua.
As Sultan, Ilyas Shah waged a war against the Delhi Sultanate to secure recognition of Bengal's independence. He raided cities across northern and eastern subcontinent, becoming the first Muslim ruler to invade the Kathmandu Valley. Under Ilyas Shah, the territory of the Bengal Sultanate expanded to include parts of north India, northeast India, Nepal and Orissa.
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^Ahmad Hasan Dani (1957). "Analysis of the Inscriptions". Asiatic Society Of Pakistan Vol-ii. p. 10.
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