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Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah

Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Sultan
Arabic silver coin with a lion inscription minted during Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah's reign
7th Sultan of Bengal
Reign1415–1416
PredecessorShihabuddin Bayazid Shah
SuccessorRaja Ganesha
Reign1418–1433
PredecessorRaja Ganesha
SuccessorShamsuddin Ahmad Shah
BornBhavaniganj, Bengal Sultanate
Diedc. 1433
Pandua, Bengal Sultanate
SpousesAsmantara, daughter of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah[1]
IssueShamsuddin Ahmad Shah
Names
Jalaluddin Abul Muzaffar Muhammad Shah[2]
HouseGanesha dynasty
FatherRaja Ganesha
ReligionIslam

Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah (Bengali: জালালউদ্দীন মুহম্মদ শাহ; born as Jadu/জাদু[3]) was a 15th-century Sultan of Bengal and an important figure in medieval Bengali history. Born a Hindu to his aristocratic father Raja Ganesha, the patriarch of the Ganesha dynasty, he assumed the throne of Bengal after a coup which overthrew the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. He converted to Islam and ruled the Bengal Sultanate for 16 years. As a Muslim king, he brought Arakan under Bengali suzerainty and consolidated the kingdom's domestic administrative centres. He pursued relations with the Timurid Empire, Mamluk Egypt and Ming China.[4] Bengal grew in wealth and population during his reign. He also combined Bengali and Islamic architecture.

  1. ^ Sarkar, Jagadish Narayan (1985). Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal: medieval period. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i-Delli. p. 52. OCLC 13980579.
  2. ^ The Philological Secretary, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 43 (1874), p.294
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goron2001p187 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bpedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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