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  2. Khidr Khan Surak - Wikipedia

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    In 1541, Sher Shah Suri, who recognised the importance of the Bengal province for the development of the Sur Empire, [1] was informed of a number of Khan's treacherous acts. He was informed of Khan's marriage to a daughter of Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah , who was the late Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate 's former Hussain Shahi dynasty that Suri ...

  3. Sur Empire - Wikipedia

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    Sher Shah succumbed to his wounds and died on 22 May 1545, at the age of 73 or 59. [19] [36] He was succeeded by his son, Jalal Khan, who took the title of Islam Shah Suri. [37] Sher Shah was buried in the Sher Shah Suri Tomb (122 ft high), stands in the middle of an artificial lake at Sasaram, a town on the Grand Trunk Road. The tomb finished ...

  4. Sher Shah Suri - Wikipedia

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    Sher Shah Suri Shah Sultan Adil Ustad -I- Badshahan [a] Hazrat -i-Ala Lion King Painting of Sher Shah Suri from a manuscript of Tarikh-i-Khandan-i-Timuriya (dated between c. 1570–1590), prepared by the court painters of Mughal emperor Akbar Sultan of Hindustan Reign 6 April 1538/17 May 1540 — 22 May 1545 [b] Coronation First coronation: 6 April 1538 Second coronation: 17 May 1540 ...

  5. Bengal Sultanate - Wikipedia

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    Ilyas Shah returned to Bengal with plunders from Orissa, including 44 elephants. [97] During the reign of Alauddin Hussain Shah, Orissa was a vassal state of Bengal. [89] [98] Northern Orissa was directly ruled by Bengal. During the Karrani dynasty, Orissa was the scene of the Battle of Tukaroi and the Treaty of Cuttack between the Mughals and ...

  6. List of rulers of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of rulers of Bengal. ... Sher Shah Suri: 1532–1538 Defeated Mughals and became the ruler of Delhi in 1540. Khidr Khan: 1538–1541 Qazi Fazilat:

  7. Battle of Surajgarh - Wikipedia

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    Sher Khan abruptly attacked the combined forces of the Lohani chiefs of Bihar and Mohamud Shah of Bengal and defeated them at Surajgarh in March 1534. In this battle Ibrahim Khan was defeated and killed and Jalal Khan was forced to return to his patron Mahmud Shah. [5] Sher Shah invaded the whole Bihar with the victory. [6]

  8. Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi - Wikipedia

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    Sarwani wrote the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi in 1586 AD. [6] For the restoration of Bengal’s history, the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi is one of the most significant sourcebooks. The writer of the book provides a clear picture of Sher Shah taking over Bengal and how Bengal lost its independence. Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah was the sultan of Bengal from 1533 to ...

  9. List of Pashtun empires and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    He formerly served Sher Shah Suri and had moved to Bengal. The Karrani dynasty ruled over all of Bengal, as well as Orissa and parts of Bihar. It was the last dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate. The Karrani were defeated by the Mughals, losing all their territory to the latter by the seventeenth century. Map of the Khaljis of Malwa at their height ...