Ḥussain Shāhī | |
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Royal house | |
Country | Bengal Sultanate |
Current region | Bengal, Bihar |
Etymology | Name of Alauddin Husain Shah |
Place of origin | Mecca |
Founded | 1494 |
Founder | Alauddin Husain Shah |
Final ruler | Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah |
Titles | Sultan |
Members | Alauddin Husain Shah Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah Alauddin Firuz Shah II Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah Syeda Momena Khatun |
Connected members | Ibrahim Danishmand, Khidr Khan Surak, Isa Khan |
Traditions | Sunni Islam |
Estate(s) | Gaur |
Deposition | 1538 |
The Hussain Shahi dynasty was a family which ruled the late medieval Sunni Muslim Sultanate of Bengal from 1494 to 1538.[2]