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  2. Bengal Sultanate - Wikipedia

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    The Bengal Sultanate was connected to states in Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Europe through maritime links and overland trade routes. The Bengal Sultanate was a major trading center on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It attracted immigrants and traders from different parts of the world.

  3. Kingdom of Mrauk U - Wikipedia

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    Following the death of Ahmed Shah in 1426, his son Nazir Shah took the throne of Bengal. [12] After 24 years of exile, Narameikhla finally regained control of the Arakanese throne in 1430 with military assistance from Bengali commanders Wali Khan and Sindhi Khan. The Bengalis who came with him formed their own settlements in the region. [13]

  4. History of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate Bengal Sultanate and the neighbouring kingdoms (1525 CE) A Hindu revival movement led by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu emerged during the Hussain Shahi dynasty. The Bengal Sultanate's territory reached its greatest extent under Alauddin Hussain Shah, founder of the Hussain Shahi dynasty. The ...

  5. Fra Mauro map - Wikipedia

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    The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...

  6. List of state leaders in the 14th century - Wikipedia

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    Bengal and Northwest India. Bengal Sultanate: Sonargaon (complete list) – Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah, Sultan (1338–1349) Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah, Sultan (1349–1352) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, Sultan (1339–1342) Alauddin Ali Shah, Sultan (1339–1342) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah, Sultan (1342–1352) Bengal Sultanate: Ilyas Shahi dynasty (complete ...

  7. Hussain Shahi dynasty - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] He is considered as the greatest of all the sultans of Bengal for bringing a cultural renaissance during his reign. Known as the Akbar of Bengal, Husain Shah was known by the Hindus of Bengal as Nripati Tilak and Jagatbhusan. He encouraged the translation of Sanskrit literature into the Bengali language and built the Chota Sona Masjid.

  8. Ilyas Shahi dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The ancestors of Ilyas Shah originated from Sistan, and according to Syed A M R Haque, arrived to the subcontinent as Muslim missionaries and the family were granted jagirs in Bengal in the year 1227. Bengal was under the Delhi Sultanate at the time. During the governorship of Izz al-Din Yahya in Satgaon, Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah took service ...

  9. List of former sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    Free States of Menton and Roquebrune – Seceded from Monaco in 1848, under nominal protection of the Kingdom of Sardinia, then annexed by France in 1861. Moresnet – 1816–1920, Tiny European territory that endured for a hundred years before definitively becoming part of Belgium. Natalia Republic – 1839–1843, Was quickly made into a ...