Preferred Citation: Eaton, Richard M. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1993 1993. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft067n99v9/

 

2. Principal Muslim Rulers of Bengal

Note: Some governors later became sultans, and in the process changed their names or titles. In the following table, such changes are indicated by arrows [asterisks].
Governor Sultan Dates
Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)
Muhammad Bakhtiyar   1204–6
Muhammad Shiran Khan   ca. 1206–7
Husam al-Din ‘Iwaz*   ca. 1207–8
‘Ali Mardan**   ca. 1208–10
  ‘Ala al-Din** 1210–1213
  Ghiyath al-Din ‘Iwaz* 1213–27
Nasir al-Din Mahmud   1227–29
Daulat Shah   1229
Malik ‘Ala al-Din Jani   1229
Saif al-Din Aibek   1229–33
‘Izz al-Din Tughral Tughan Khan   1233–44
Malik Qamr al-Din Tamar Khan   1244–46
Malik Ikhtiyar al-Din Yuzbak***   1246–55
  Mughith al-Din Yuzbak*** 1255–57
Malik ‘Ala al-Din Mas‘ud Jani   1257–58
‘Izz al-Din Balban   1258–60
Muhammad Arsalan Khan   1260–ca. 1265
Sher Khan   uncertain
Amin Khan   uncertain
Mughith al-Din Tughral****   1268–ca. 1275
  Mughith al-Din Tughral**** ca. 1275–1281
Bughra Khan*   1281–87
balbani dynasty (1287–1301)
  Nasir al-Din Mahmud* 1287–91
  Rukn al-Din Kaikaus 1291–1300
firuz shahi dynasty (1301–42)
  Shams al-Din Firuz Shah 1301–22
  Jalal al-Din Mahmud ca. 1304–9
  Shihab al-Din Bughday Shah 1317–18
  Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur 1310–12, 1322–25
Nasir al-Din Ibrahim   ca. 1324–26
Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur   1328–33
Qadar Khan (Lakhnauti)   uncertain
‘Izz al-Din Yahya (Satgaon)   uncertain
Bahram Khan (Sonargaon)   1328–38
  Fakhr al-Din Mubarak Shah (Sonargaon) 1338–49
  Ikhtiyar al-Din Ghazi Shah (Sonargaon) 1349–52
  ‘Ala al-Din ‘Ali Shah (Lakhnauti) 1341–42
ilyas shahi dynasty (1342–1415)
  Shams al-Din Ilyas Shah 1342–57
  Sikandar Shah 1357–89
  Ghiyath al-Din A‘zam Shah 1389–1410
  Saif Hamzah Shah 1410–11
  Shihab al-Din Bayazid Shah 1411–14
  ‘Ala al-Din Firuz Shah 1414
raja ganesh dynasty (1415–33)
  Jalal al-Din Muhammad Shah 1415–32
  Shams al-Din Ahmad Shah 1432–33
restored ilyas shahi dynasty (1433–86)
  Nasir al-Din Mahmud I 1433–59
  Rukn al-Din Barbak Shah 1459–74
  Shams al-Din Yusuf Shah 1474–81
  Sikandar 1481
  Jalal al-Din Fath Shah 1481–86
abyssinians (1486–93)
  Barbak Shah-zadah 1486
  Saif al-Din Firuz Shah 1486–90
  Shams al-Din Muzaffar Shah 1490–93
husain shahi dynasty (1493–1538)
  ‘Ala al-Din Husain Shah 1493–1519
  Nasir al-Din Nusrat Shah 1519–32
  ‘Ala al-Din Firuz Shah 1532
  Ghiyath al-din Mahmud Shah 1532–38
sher shah sur and successors (1538–64)
  Sher Shah Sur 1538
  (Emperor Humayun) (1538–39)
  Sher Shah Sur 1539–45
  Islam Shah 1545–53
  Shams al-Din Muhammad Shah 1553–55
  Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur Shah 1556–60
  Ghiyath al-Din II 1560–63
  Ghiyath al-Din III 1563–64
karrani dynasty (1564–75)
  Taj Khan Karrani 1564–65
  Sulaiman Karrani 1565–72
  Bayazid Karrani 1572
  Daud Karrani 1572–75
mughal dynasty (1526–1858)
Mun‘im Khan   1574–75
Husain Quli Beg   1575–78
Muzaffar Khan Turbati   1579–80
Mirza ‘Aziz Koka   1582–83
Shahbaz Khan   1583–85
Sadiq Khan   1585–86
Wazir Khan   1586–87
Sa‘id Khan   1587–94
Man Singh   1594–1606
Qutb al-Din Khan Koka   1606–7
Jahangir Quli Beg   1607–8
Islam Khan Chishti   1608–13
Qasim Khan Chishti   1613–17
Ibrahim Khan   1617–24
Mahabat Khan   1625–26
Mukarram Khan   1626–27
Fidai Khan   1627–28
Qasim Khan Juyini   1628–32
‘Azam Khan Mir Muhammad Baqar   1632–35
Islam Khan Mashhadi   1635–39
Prince Muhammad Shuja‘   1639–60
Mu‘azzam Khan (Mir Jumla)   1660–63
Shaista Khan   1664–78
Fidai Khan   1678
Prince Muhammad ‘Azam   1678–88
Khan Jahan Bahadur Khan   1688–89
Ibrahim Khan   1689–97
Prince ‘Azim al-Din (‘Azim al-Shan)   1697–1712
Murshid Quli Khan (Ja‘far Khan)   1713–27
Shuja‘ al-Din Muhammad Khan   1727–39
Sarfaraz Khan   1729–40
Aliwardi Khan   1740–56
Siraj al-Daula   1756–57
 

Preferred Citation: Eaton, Richard M. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1993 1993. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft067n99v9/