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—Bakhtiar Khilji sends an expedition under his Lieutenant, Mubammad Shiran, to invade Jajnagar (Orissa), and himsolf leads an expedition to Tibat (or Tibet)—The expedition to Tibat (Tibet) a disastrous failure—Treachery of the Rajah of Kamrup (Western Assam)—From humiliation, Bakhtiar Khilji dies at Deo- cote (Devkot), south of Dinajpur—Malik ’Azu-d-din Khilji suc¬ ceeds Bakhtiar Khilji—Rule of Aii Mardan Khilji—Rule of (Hiiasn- d-din Khilji—Sultan Qutbu-d-din dies whilst ploying at polo in Lahore, and Emperor Aram §hah succeeds him—Ghiasu-d-din obtains in 620 A.H. from the Caliph (Khalifa) of Bagdad a poutificial patont recognizing the Moslem sovereign of Bengal VII Page. amongst the Moslem hierarchy of the world—Free commercial intercourse by sea between the Mnsalmans along the sea-board of Bengal and the Arabs of the sea-ports o.' Basrah and Baghdad— Emperor Altamsh from Delhi invades Bengal in 622 A.H.— Ghiasu-d-din exte-ds his Bengal Kingdom over Jnjnagar (Orissa), Bang (East Bengal), Kamrud or Kamrnp (Western Assam), and Tirhot—Ghiasn-d-din establishes mosques, public halls, etc.,— Saltan Nasirn-d-din, son of Emperor Altamsh, fromDelhi invades Bengal in 624 A.H., kills Ghiasu-d-din, and succeeds to the rnlo over Bengal, with the approval of his father, Emperor Altamsh— Rule of Sultan Nasiru-d-din, son of Emperor Altamsh—Elussamu- d-din Khilji—In 627 A.H., Emperor Altamsh from Delhi again invades Lakhnanti, defeats and captures Hussamu-d-din Khilji, and bestows the Viceroyalty of Bengal ^n Alan-d-din Khan—Rule of Alau-d-din Khan—Rule of Saifn-d-din Turk—Buie of Izzu-d-din Tughan Khan—Empress Raziah ascends the throne of Delhi— Sulfan Muiznddin Bah ram Shah ascends the Imperial throne of Delhi—Sultan Alau-din succeeds Bahrain Shah—Tughan Khan meets Minhaju-s-Siraj author of the splendid Pcieian history. Tabaqat-i-Nafiri, and brings the latter to Lakhnanti ns his guest— Tughan Khau (with him being Minhajn-s-Siraj; invades Jajnagar (Orissa), storms the fort of Baktasan or Katasan—Fightings between the Rajah of Orissa or Jnjnngar and the Mnsalmans— Lakhnanti invaded by the Ooryias—Rule of Mulik Qurnbeg Tamar K^an—Emperor Nasiru-d-din Mahmud (son of Emperoi Altamsh) entrusts the Viceroyalty of Lnkhnauti to Malik Jalnlu-d- din Khan—Rule of Malik Jalalu-d-din Khan -Rule of Arsalan Khan—Rule of Muhammad Tatar Khan—Emperor Balban as¬ cends the Imperial throne of Delhi (664 A II.)—Emperor Balbnn appoints Tughral to the Viceroyalty of Lnkhnauti— Rule of Tughral surnamed Saltan Maghisu-d-din—Tughral’s character—Tughral invades Jajnagar (Orissa), Oudh and Kamrup (Western Assam) successfully, and proclaims independence—Emperor Balban from Delhi invades Bengal and defeats Tughral at a placo near Snnar gaon in the Dacca district, and in 681 A.H. confers the throne of Bengal on his (the Emperor’s) own son, Bughra Khan, who is henceforth styled Sultan Nasiru-d-din— Bughra Khan, the first of a succession of Balbani Kings who ruled over Bengal, and held their court mostly at Sunargaon, near Dhaka or Dacca—Rule of Bughra Khan—Emperor Balban’s parting advice to his son Bughra Khan indicative of an exalted ideal of kingly duties and res¬ ponsibilities cherished by this great Indo-Moslem Emperor- Emperor Balban dies in 685 A.H., and is succeeded by Sulfan Muizu-d-din Kaiqubad (son of Bughra Onn, surnamed Sulj.an Naairu-d-din) Dissensions betweou Nasiruddin and his son, Em- peror Moiznddin—The father nnd the aon meet on the opposite banks of the Soro or Snrjn fold rive - -bonndary between the king* dom of Bengal and the Empire- of Hindustan)—The meeting im- mortnlised in tho Qiranu-s-Sadain by Amir Khusrau, the fa¬ mous poet laureate of tho Delhi Courc of Emperor Altamch— Sultan J.'.!nln-d-diu Khilji becomes Emperor of Delhi—Sultan Nasiru-d-din of Bengal tenders homage to Emperor Jalalu-d-din, as well as to the latter's successors, Saltan Alau-d-din and Snltab Qntbu-d-din—Rnle of Bahadur Shah—Emperor Ghiasu-d-din Tughlak succeeds to the Imperial throne of Delhi, invades Bengal, and leaves Tatar Khan as Governor of Sunargnon, and Nasirn-d- din as over-lord of Sunargaon, Gaur, and Bang or East Bengal— Re-arrangement of the administrative divisions of the Bengal Satrapy by Emperor Ghiasu-d-din Tughlak—Emperor Ghiasu-d-din Tughlak dies, and is succeeded by Emperor Muhammad Shah Tughlak—Emperor Muhammad Shah appoints Tatar Khan as Viceroy of Bengal and Sunargaon, and Qadr Khan as Govornor of L&khnauti—Re-arrangement of the Administrative Divisions of Bengal introduced by Emperor Muhammad ShahTnghlnk—Qadr Khan killed by Fakhrn-d-diu. Chapter II ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Account of the Independent Musalman kings of Bengal— Bengal be¬ comes independent in tho reign of Emperor Muhammad Shah Tughlak—Fakbru-d-din proclaims himself independent King of Bengal—Note by the Translator on the period of the Independent Musalman kings of Bengal— Great territorial extension of the Bengal kingdom, and commencement of great theistic movements during this period— Kabir and Chaitanya flourish—Bengal attains peace and prosperity : Forts, Mosques, Colleges, Students’ Hostels and Travellers’ Guest-houses established, tanks excavated and roads laid down—Two Moslem Royal Houses—one of Llaji Ifyns, and another of Syed Alau-d-din Husain Shah (with a brief break) reign daring this period—Reign of Sultan Fakhru-d-din—Reign of SuRan Ali Mubarik, surnamed Alau-d-din—Reign of Hnji Ilyas, surnamed Sultan Shamsu-d-din—Hnji Ilyas extends his western frontiers as far as Benares, and founds Hajipor iu Behar—Em¬ peror Firaz Shah Tughlak sncceeds to the throne of Delhi, and invades Lakhnanti in 754 A.H. and reaches Paoduah in the Maldah district—Saltan Shamsu-d-din retires to the fort of Ekdalah— Note by the Translator on the site of Ekdalah—Note by the Translator on the first Bengal expedition of Emperor Firaz Shah Toghlnk—The patron-saint of Uaji Ilyas, named Shaikh Rajah Biyabaui, dies—Rains set in, nnd Emperor Firuz ghah retires f rom Bengal, without achieving success—Peace proclaimed between Emperor Firuz Shuh and Shamsu-d-din—Reign of IX Sikandar §hah—Emperor Firuz Shah Tughlak’s second Bengal expedition in 760 A.H. (1359 A-C.)—Tho Emperor withdraws without achieving anything decisive-Note by tho Translator on Emperor Firuz §hah’a second Bengal expedition, including his march to Orissa and his hunting in its forests — Sikandar Shah builds the Adinah Mosque at Pandnah — Dialogue between Sikandar S]iah and his Queen—Battle between Sikandar Shah and his son, tihiasu-d-din at Goalpara, near Jaffargunge in the Dhaka or Daoca district—Sikandar Shah defeated and killed—Reign of Ghiasu-d-din—Sultan Ghiasn-d-din invites tho immortal Persian poet, Hafiz, to his Court at Sunargaon—Hafiz excuses himself, but sends a lyrio—Ghiasu-d-din’s Court at Sunargaon an asylum for the learned and the cultured—Saltan Ghiasu-d-diu lies buried at 8unargaon—Remarkable judicial integrity of tho Judge Qazi Siraju-d-din, and law-abiding nature of the king Sultan Ghiasu- d-din—Reign of Baifu-d-din Sul|,anu-8-Salntin—Reign of Shamsu-d- din—Usurpation of Rajah Kans, Zamindar—Raja Kans niins at tho extirpation of Islam from Bengal—Dauntless behaviour of one of the Musalman ’Ulama, named SJhaiklj Radial Islam—Tho saint, Nar Qatbu-l-’Alam, invites over to Bengal Sultan Ibrahim fjharqi, King of Jaunpur, to pnt down Rajah Kans—Saltan Ibrahim (aocompanied by an eminent scholar, Qazi ghahabu-d-din) comes to Bengal, and arrives in Panduah—Rajah Kans terrified asks the saint s forgiveness and offers his son Jado as a convert to Islam, and himself abdicates in favour of his son—Tho saint ap. peased—Jado assumes tho name of Jallulu-d-din—The saint now asks Sultan Ibrahim to withdraw, as to fight against a Musalman king was unlawful under the Moslem Law or Sliara— Parley be. tween the saint and Qazi Shahabu-d-din—Sultan Ibrahim, annoyed and vexod, withdraws to Jaunpur—Rajah Kans displaces Sultan Jallalu-d-din, and ro-ascends tho throne, and renews oppressions on Musalmans—Shaikh Anwar, son of the saint, Nur Qutbu-1-Alam -Shaikh Zahid, nephew of Shaikh Anwar-Rajah Kans banishes Shaik^ Anwar and Shaikh Zahid to Sunargaon—Shaikh Anwar kill¬ ed by Rajah Kans—Rajah Kans the same day dies—Reign of Sultan Jallalu-d-din son of Raja Kans—In Sultan Jnllalu-d-din’s reign, peo¬ ple happy and comfortablo—Tho city of Panduah becomes very popu- lous—Jallalu-d-din builds at Gaur a Mosquo, a Roaorvoir, tho Jallali tank and earavanttrai— Jallalu-d-din removes tho capital from Pan- duah to Gaur—Jallalu-d-din’s mausoleum at Panduah—Reign of Ahmad Shah, son of JalJalu-d-din-Ahmad Shah proves a tyrant, and is killed—Reign of Nasir Khan, tho alave-Reign of NasirShah a grand-son of Sultan Shamsu-d-din, and restoration of tho Ilyas Shahi dynasty in Reugal-Nasir Shuh just and liberal, and tho people under him happy-Nosir Shah builds the fort and other 2 X Page . edifices in Gaar— Reign of Barbak Shah, son of Nasir Shah— Barbak §hah a wise and law-abiding sovereign—Reign of Yusnf Shah—Yosnf Shah, a scholar, and a sovereign solioitons for the welfare of his sabjects—Reign of Fath Shah, spa of Ynsaf Shah —Fath Shah, a wise and liberal sovereign—Fath Shah bestows befit¬ ting dignities on the nobles—People of Bengal under Fath Shah happy and prosperous—Some of Fath Shah’s ooins struck in Faridpur town, named Fathabad after Fath Shah—Reign of Barbag, the Eunuch, styled Sultan Shahzada—Malik Andil, the Abyssinian—Wrestle between Sultan Shahzada and Malik Andil— Malik Andil kills Sultan Shahzada—Khan Jahan, the Bengal Vaitr or Premier—A State Council convened by the Vazir or Premier for the election of a king—Council consults Fath Shah’s widowed Queen—Influence of Musalman ladies in Bengal in the past over society and polifcios—The Queen nominates as king Malik