Saifuddin Hamza Shah
Saifuddin Hamzah Shah | |
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as-Sulṭān as-Salāṭīn Sayf ad-Dunyā wa ad-Dīn | |
4th Sultan of Bengal | |
Reign | 1410–1412 |
Predecessor | Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah |
Successor | Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah |
Born | Shāhzāda Ḥamzah ibn A`ẓam c. 1344 Satgaon, Bengal Sultanate |
Died | c. 1412 Sonargaon, Bengal Sultanate |
Issue | Muhammad bin Hamzah |
House | Ilyas Shahi |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Saifuddin Hamza Shah (
Early life and background
Hamza was born in the 14th-century into a ruling class
Reign
The reasoning behind the death of Hamza's father, Sultan Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah, is contested between a natural death or an assassination plotted by Raja Ganesha, the Hindu zamindar of Bhaturia who gained prominence in the Sultanate court.[2]
Following the death, Hamza assumed the throne with the grand title of "Sultan-us-Salatin", meaning Sultan of Sultans, in 1420 CE with the support of the court nobles. He began minting coins in his name from cities such as
Death
Hamza's reign was interrupted by a nationwide civil war instigated by Raja Ganesha. According to the Egyptian scholars Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and Al-Sakhawi who were alive at the time of receiving the news, Sultan Hamza Shah was murdered by his slave Mamluk Shihab in 1412.[1][3][4]
The 20th-century Indian historian R. C. Majumdar however, believes that Shihab was Hamza's son and did not kill Hamza but rather succeeded him after his assassination.[5]
See also
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1969). Inbā’ al-ghumr bi-anbā al-‘umr [News of the immersion of the sons of age in history] (in Arabic). Vol. 2. Cairo, United Arab Republic: al-Majlis al-A‘lā li-l-Shu’ūn al-Islāmiyah. p. 496.
- ^ Al-Sakhawi (1966). aḍ-Ḍau’ al-lāmi‘ li-ahl al-qarn al-tāsi‘ [The bright light for the people of the ninth century] (in Arabic). Vol. 8. Beirut, Lebanon: Maktabat al-Hayat. p. 280.
- Republic of India: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. pp. 204–206.