Habshi dynasty
Habshi Sultanate | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1487-1493 | |||||||||
Map of Bengal during the Sultanate period | |||||||||
| Status | Sultanate | ||||||||
| Capital | Gaur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian Bengali Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | State Religion: Sunni Islam (Hanafi) Others: Hinduism Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||
• 1487 | Shahzada Barbak | ||||||||
• 1487–89 | Saifuddin Firuz Shah | ||||||||
• 1489–90 | Mahmud Shah II | ||||||||
• 1490–93 | Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1487 | ||||||||
• Fall | 1493 | ||||||||
| Currency | Taka | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bangladesh India Myanmar Nepal | ||||||||
The Habshi dynasty refers to the brief era of Siddi (referred to at the time as Habesha) rulers in Bengal that lasted from 1487 to 1493 during the Bengal Sultanate. Four Habshi rulers ruled Bengal during this period. This rule began with the rebellion against and assassination of Jalaluddin Fateh Shah of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty.