Bengal

بنغال

Historical region of the eastern Indian subcontinent, today split between Bangladesh and West Bengal.

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Region
South Asia
Identifiers
Wikidata

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Home of
Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali· Bayazid Khan Karrani· Daud Khan Karrani· Faizunnesa Choudhurani· Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah· Syeda Momena Khatun· Prince Daniyal, son of Husain Shah of Bengal
Ruled by
Alauddin Firuz Shah I· Alauddin Firuz Shah II· Alauddin Husain Shah of Bengal· Alivardi Khan
Under the rule of
Nasiruddin Bughra Khan· Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah· Shams al-Din Dawud Shah II· Sikandar Shah of Bengal
Place of death of
Shams al-Din Ilyas Shah
Site of
Mughal–Portuguese Conflicts

People and things also explored

Alauddin Husain Shah of Bengal· Prince Daniyal, son of Husain Shah of Bengal· Dedicatory inscription of Prince Daniyal's congregational mosque, Gaur (AH 905 / 1500)· Gujarat· Sijistan· Mughal–Portuguese Conflicts· Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali· Alauddin Firuz Shah I

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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Alauddin Husain Shah of Bengal

Draft card for Alauddin Husain Shah, the sultan of Bengal from 1494 to 1519 and founder of the Husain Shahi dynasty under whom Bengali letters flourished; the dynastic handbook entry is not yet checked on the page.