| Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah | |||||
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| Sultan | |||||
 Arabic silver coin with a lion inscription minted during Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah's reign | |||||
| 7th Sultan of Bengal | |||||
| Reign | 1415–1416 | ||||
| Predecessor | Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah | ||||
| Successor | Raja Ganesha | ||||
| Reign | 1418–1433 | ||||
| Predecessor | Raja Ganesha | ||||
| Successor | Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah | ||||
| Born | Bhavaniganj, Bengal Sultanate | ||||
| Died | c. 1433 Pandua, Bengal Sultanate | ||||
| Spouses | Asmantara, daughter of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah[1] | ||||
| Issue | Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah | ||||
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| House | Ganesha dynasty | ||||
| Father | Raja Ganesha | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah (Bengali: জালালউদ্দীন মুহম্মদ শাহ; born as Jadu/জাদু[3]) was a 15th-century Sultan of Bengal and an important figure in medieval Bengali history. Born a Hindu to his aristocratic father Raja Ganesha, the patriarch of the Ganesha dynasty, he assumed the throne of Bengal after a coup which overthrew the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. He converted to Islam and ruled the Bengal Sultanate for 16 years. As a Muslim king, he brought Arakan under Bengali suzerainty and consolidated the kingdom's domestic administrative centres. He pursued relations with the Timurid Empire, Mamluk Egypt and Ming China.[4] Bengal grew in wealth and population during his reign. He also combined Bengali and Islamic architecture.
- ^ Sarkar, Jagadish Narayan (1985). Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal: medieval period. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i-Delli. p. 52. OCLC 13980579.
- ^ The Philological Secretary, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 43 (1874), p.294
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