Hussain Shahi dynasty

Ḥussain Shāhī
Royal house
Map of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, including its vassals and occupation in Assam.[1]
CountryBengal Sultanate
Current regionBengal, Bihar
EtymologyName of Alauddin Husain Shah
Place of originMecca
Founded1494 (1494)
FounderAlauddin Husain Shah
Final rulerGhiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
TitlesSultan
MembersAlauddin Husain Shah
Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah
Alauddin Firuz Shah II
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
Syeda Momena Khatun
Connected membersIbrahim Danishmand, Khidr Khan Surak, Isa Khan
TraditionsSunni Islam
Estate(s)Gaur
Deposition1538 (1538)

The Hussain Shahi dynasty was a family which ruled the late medieval Sunni Muslim Sultanate of Bengal from 1494 to 1538.[2]

  1. ^ "-- Schwartzberg Atlas -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ For a map of their territory see: Schwartzberg, Joseph E. (1978). A Historical atlas of South Asia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 147, map XIV.4 (f). ISBN 0226742210.