Bengal Sultanate

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Islamic state historical polity medieval kingdom sultanate

The Bengal Sultanate was a medieval Islamic kingdom in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, known for its prosperous trade, rich cultural syncretism, and significant role in regional politics from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bengal Sultanate of Muhammad Shah II 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
medieval kingdom ⓘ
sultanate ⓘ
architectureStyle brick mosque architecture ⓘ
multiple-domed mosques ⓘ
terracotta ornamentation ⓘ
borderedBy Arakan ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
capital Gaur ⓘ
Pandua ⓘ
Sonargaon ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalFeature Bengali literature patronage ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ
Perso-Bengali culture ⓘ
currency tanka ⓘ
dynasty Habshi dynasty ⓘ
Hussain Shahi dynasty ⓘ
Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
Karrani dynasty ⓘ
economy maritime trade ⓘ
endTime 1576 ⓘ
export horses ⓘ
rice ⓘ
salt ⓘ
silk ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
followed Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
knownFor cultural syncretism ⓘ
prosperous trade ⓘ
regional power in eastern India ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
legacy formation of Bengali Muslim culture ⓘ
spread of Islam in Bengal ⓘ
locatedIn Bengal ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
locatedInPresentDay People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
militaryConflictWith Ahom kingdom ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
notableCity Chittagong ⓘ
Satgaon ⓘ
Sylhet ⓘ
notableRuler Alauddin Husain Shah ⓘ
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah ⓘ
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah ⓘ
partOf Islamic world ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousPolicy patronage of Sufism ⓘ
replacedBy Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
startTime 1352 ⓘ
tradePartner Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
China ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt

Southeast Asia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

tanka → circulatedUnder → Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
Bengal Subah → predecessor → Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
Bengal Subah → predecessor → Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal Sultanate of Muhammad Shah II
Bengal → wasRegionOf → Bengal Sultanate ⓘ