Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah
Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah | |
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Sultan of Sonargaon | |
Reign | 1338-1349 |
Predecessor | Governor Bahram Khan (under Delhi Sultanate) |
Successor | Sultan Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah |
Died | 1349 Sonargaon Sultanate |
Burial | 1349 |
Issue | Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (
Early life
According to some historians, Mubarak was born into a
Reign
After the death of Bahram Khan in 737 AH (1336-1337 AD), Mubarak rose to power and declared himself as independent ruler from his proclaimed capital in Sonargaon.[2] After hearing of Mubarak's revolt against Delhi, the Governor of Lakhnauti Qadar Khan sent a large army to suppress him. Mubarak fled from the battlefield, and his assets were captured by Qadar Khan's forces and Sonargaon was seized. However, Mubarak managed to execute Qadar Khan and regain Sonargaon by luring Qadar Khan's army who had fallen into dissension regarding the sharing of the spoils. He then appointed his servant Mukhlis to administer Lakhnauti but Mukhlis was defeated by Qadar Khan's ariz (war minister) Alauddin Ali Shah.[1]
Mubarak's conquests of
The Iqlim (administrative division) of Mubarakabad is said to have been named after him.[7]
Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah, who according to historian Jadunath Sarkar was most probably Fakhruddin's son, succeeded him and ruled the independent Sultanate from Sonargaon till 1352.[3]
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