Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah

Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah
As-Sulṭān as-Salāṭīn Shams ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn Abu al-Muẓaffar Yūsuf Shāh[1]
11th Sultan of Bengal
Reign1474–1481
Coronation1474
PredecessorRukunuddin Barbak Shah
SuccessorNuruddin Sikandar Shah
BornYusuf bin Barbak
Sonargaon, Bengal Sultanate
Died1481
Gaur, Bengal Sultanate
Burial1481
Gaur, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
SpousesLotan Bibi
HouseIlyas Shahi
FatherRukunuddin Barbak Shah
ReligionSunni Islam

Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah (Persian: شمس الدین یوسف شاه, Bengali: শামসউদ্দীন ইউসুফ শাহ) was the Sultan of Bengal from 1474 to 1481. He belonged to the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and was the successor of his father, Sultan Rukunuddin Barbak Shah.

  1. ^ The Philological Secretary, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 43 (1874), p.297