Habshi dynasty

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The Habshi dynasty was a short-lived ruling house of Abyssinian origin that briefly controlled the Bengal Sultanate in the late 15th century.

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Habshi dynasty canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynasty
dynasty
ruling house
capital Gaur
characteristic court intrigues and assassinations
short-lived rule
continent Asia
country Bengal Sultanate
currency Tanka
endTime 1494
ethnicOrigin Abyssinian
Habshi
firstRuler Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
governmentForm sultanate
hasSourceIn Persian chronicles
numismatic evidence
historicalCategory African diaspora in Asia
Former monarchies of South Asia
medieval India
surface form: Medieval Bengal
historicalReputation period of political instability in Bengal
languageUsed Bengali
Persian
locatedInPresentDay People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
notableActivity minting of coins in rulers’ names
notableRuler Saifuddin Firuz Shah
Shamsuddin Ghiyasuddin Shah
Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
originOfRulingElite Abyssinian military slaves
overthrownBy Alauddin Husain Shah
partOf history of Bengal
history of the Bengal Sultanate
powerBase Bengal Sultanate military
predecessor Ilyas Shahi dynasty
region Bengal
religion Islam
rulingClassBackground Abyssinian-origin slaves and soldiers
startTime 1487
successor Hussain Shahi dynasty
timePeriod late 15th century
titleOfRuler Sultan
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy
usedHonorific Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
surface form: Ghiyasuddin

Saifuddin
Shamsuddin

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Bengal Sultanate dynasty Habshi dynasty
Hussain Shahi dynasty precededBy Habshi dynasty