Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah | |
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Sultan of Bengal | |
Reign | 1390–1411 |
Predecessor | Sikandar Shah |
Successor | Saifuddin Hamza Shah |
Died | c. November 1411 Sonargaon, Bengal Sultanate |
Burial | |
Dynasty | Ilyas Shahi dynasty |
Religion | Islam |
Ghiyasuddin A'zam Shah (
Reign
Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah became the Sultan of Bengal after his own forces overthrew and killed his father Sultan Sikandar Shah at the Battle of Goalpara in 1390, despite Azam Shah ordering them not to kill his father.[3] During the early part of his reign, he conquered and occupied
He also had a profound regard for law. A story about him and a qazi is very famous as a folktale and moral story.[4] Once, the sultan while hunting accidentally killed the son of a poor widow with his arrow. The widow appeared before a qazi and brought a charge of murder against the sultan. Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was summoned by the Qazi, and appeared before the court like an ordinary accused person. Many people had gathered there to see a case against the sultan of the country.[5][6] The sultan obeyed the law and gave indemnity to the poor widow for killing her son. When the trial was over the Qazi stood up and praised the sultan for his regard for the law.[4][6]
Then the sultan said that he would have instantly beheaded the qazi if he faltered in his judgment. The qazi smiled and said that he would have flayed his majesty's back with a whip if he had not obeyed the law. Sultan Ghiyasuddin embraced the brave qazi, and the whole crowd shouted in their honour.[5][4][6]
Diplomatic and regional affairs
The Sultan pioneered diplomatic relations with China by sending
Literary patron
Ghiyasuddin was a patron of scholars and poets. Among others, the Persian poet
ساقی حدیث سرو و گل و لاله میرود
Sāqī hadīth-e-sarv-o-gul-o-lālah mī-ravad
O Saqi (cup-bearer)! The tale of the cypress, the rose and the tulip is going on
وین بحث با ثلاثه غساله میرود
Vīñ bahth bā-thalāhta-e-ġhassālah mī-ravad
And with the three washers (of cups), this dispute is going on
شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هند
Shakkar-shikan shavand hamah tūtiyān-e-hind
All the parrots [poets] of Hind have become sugar-shattering [excited]
زین قند پارسی که به بنگاله میرود
Zīñ qand-e-pārsī kih bah-bangālah mī-ravad
That this Persian candy [ode], to Bengal is going [on].
حافظ ز شوق مجلس سلطان غیاث دین
Hāfiz ze shauq-e-majlis-e-Sultāñ Ġhiyāth-e-Dīñ
Of love for the assembly of the Sultan Ghiyasu-d-Din, oh Hafiz
غافل مشو که کار تو از ناله میرود
Be not silent. For, from lamenting, your work is going on
– A poem jointly penned by the Sultan and Persian poet Hafez.
See also
References
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- ^ Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib – Nitish Sengupta – Google Books
- ^ Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah – Banglapedia
- ^ "Consoled by the Brahmaputra". The Daily Star. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2021-01-12.