Shams al-Din Ilyas Shah

شمس الدين إلياس شاه

Draft card for Shams al-Din Ilyas Shah, founder of the unified Bengal sultanate who joined Satgaon, Sonargaon and Lakhnauti under his rule in the fourteenth century, d. 1358; the dynastic handbook entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Roles
Ruler
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
South Asia
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Sources

  • Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical Manual (1996)
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