Ruknuddin Barbak Shah

Ruknuddin Barbak Shah
as-Sulṭān al-ʿĀdil Rukn ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Abū al-Mujāhid Bārbak Shāh[1][2]
10th Sultan of Bengal
Reign1459–1474
Coronation1459
PredecessorNasiruddin Mahmud Shah
SuccessorShamsuddin Yusuf Shah
BornBārbak bin Maḥmūd
Satgaon, Bengal Sultanate
Died1474
Gaur, Bengal Sultanate
Burial1474
Gaur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
IssueYusuf
HouseIlyas Shahi
FatherNasiruddin Mahmud Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Ruknuddīn Bārbak Shāh (Bengali: রোকনউদ্দীন বারবক শাহ, Persian: رکن الدین باربک شاه; r.  1459–1474) was the son and successor of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. Initially appointed as the governor of Satgaon during the reign of his father, Barbak ascended the throne of the Bengal Sultanate in 1459. He was the first ruler to give prominent roles in the Sultanate's administration to the Abyssinian community.[3] Historian Aniruddha Ray credits Barbak Shah as the pioneer of urbanisation in Bengal.[4]

  1. ^ The Philological Secretary, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 43 (1874), p.295
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Jairath, Vinod K. (3 April 2013). Frontiers of Embedded Muslim Communities in India. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-136-19680-5.
  4. ^ Ray, Aniruddha (2012). "Gaur, City". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 15 November 2024.