| Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah | |
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| as-Sulṭān Shams ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Muḥammad Shāh Ghāzī[1] | |
 Coin of Shams al-Din Muhammad. Sultan of Bengal, 962 AH (1554–1555 AD). Obverse: Shahada. Reverse: Name and titles of Shams al-Din Muhammad Shah Ghazi. | |
| 22nd Sultan of Bengal | |
| Reign | 1553–December 1555 |
| Coronation | 1553 |
| Predecessor |
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| Successor | Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II |
| Governor of Bengal | |
| Reign | 1545–1553 |
| Predecessor | Qazi Fazilat |
| Successor | Shahbaz Khan Suri |
| Born | Muḥammad Khān Sūr |
| Died | December 1555 Chapar Ghata, Sur Empire |
| Burial | 1555 |
| Issue | Khizr and Jalal |
| House | Muhammad Shahi |
| Dynasty | Sur |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Part of a series on the |
| Bengal Sultanate |
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Muhammad Khan Sur, also known by his regnal title Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah Ghazi, was the Sultan of Bengal from 1553 to 1555. He was initially appointed as a governor of Bengal by Emperor Islam Shah Suri of the Sur Empire in 1545,[2][self-published source?] but after his death, he declared independence and re-established the Bengal Sultanate. He conquered Arakan of Burma, and ordered of striking silver 'tanka' coins for Bengal.[3]
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