Bengal Sultanate | Wikipedia audio article
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Bengal Sultanate


00:02:10 1 History
00:04:21 2 Governance
00:05:08 3 Military
00:07:11 4 Economy
00:08:59 4.1 Currency and mint towns
00:09:22 4.2 Trade
00:09:56 5 Immigration
00:10:29 6 Diplomatic relations
00:10:39 6.1 China
00:11:39 6.2 Portugal
00:12:07 6.3 Egypt
00:12:29 6.4 Africa
00:12:54 6.5 Herat
00:13:10 6.6 Jaunpur
00:13:43 7 Contribution to Mecca and Medina
00:14:26 8 Travelers
00:14:45 9 Literature
00:17:29 10 Architecture
00:19:22 11 List of Sultans
00:19:32 11.1 Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342-1414)
00:19:44 11.2 House of Raja Ganesha (1414-1435)
00:19:56 11.3 Restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1435-1487)
00:20:08 11.4 Habshi rule (1487-1494)
00:20:20 11.5 Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494-1538)
00:20:32 11.6 Governors under Suri rule (1539-1554)
00:20:45 11.7 Muhammad Shah dynasty (1554-1564)
00:20:57 11.8 Karrani dynasty (1564-1576)
00:21:09 12 See also



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The Sultanate of Bengal (also known as the Bengal Sultanate; Bangalah (Persian: بنگاله‎ Bangālah, Bengali: বাঙ্গালা/বঙ্গালা) and Shahi Bangalah (Persian: شاهی بنگاله‎ Shāhī Bangālah, Bengali: শাহী বাঙ্গলা)) was a Muslim dynasty  of mainly Turkic origin, established in Bengal during the 14th century, as part of the Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent. It was the first independent unified Bengali kingdom under Muslim rule. The region became widely known as Bangalah and Bengala under this kingdom. The two terms are precursors to the modern terms Bangla and Bengal.
The kingdom was formed after governors of the Delhi Sultanate declared independence in the region. Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah united the region's states into a single government headed by an imperial Sultan. The kingdom was ruled by five dynasties. At the height of its territorial empire, the kingdom ruled over areas in Eastern South Asia and Southeast Asia. It re-established diplomatic relations between China and the Indian subcontinent. It permitted the creation of the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong, the first European enclave in Bengal. The kingdom looked west for cultural inspiration, particularly from Persianate cultures. Its rulers sponsored the construction of colleges in Mecca and Medina, which host the holiest sites of Islam. Literature was fostered in Persian and Bengali, with strong Sufi influences. Bengali architecture evolved significantly during this period, with  several external influences. The kingdom had an influential Hindu minority, which included aristocrats, military officers and bureaucrats. It assisted the Buddhist king of Arakan to regain control of his country from the Burmese.
The kingdom began to disintegrate in the 16th century, in the aftermath of Sher Shah Suri's conquests. The Mughal Empire began to absorb Bengal under its first emperor, Babur. The second Mughal emperor Humayun occupied the Bengali capital of Gaurh. In 1576, the armed forces of emperor Akbar defeated the last reigning Sultan, Daud Khan Karrani. The region later became Mughal Bengal.