Rukunuddin Kaikaus

Rukunuddin Kaikaus
Sultan-us-Salatin
(the Sultan of Sultans)
Sultan bin al-Sultan bin al-Sultan
(the Sultan, son of a Sultan, son of a Sultan)
Sultan of Bengal
Reign1291–1300
PredecessorNasiruddin Bughra Khan
SuccessorShamsuddin Firoz Shah
FatherNasiruddin Bughra Khan

Rukn ud-Din Kaikaus (Persian: رکن ‌الدین کیکاوس, Bengali: রুকনউদ্দীন কায়কাউস) was the independent Sultan of Bengal reigning from 1291 to 1300 CE. He succeeded his father Nasiruddin Bughra Khan. In several inscriptions and coins he styled himself as Sultan bin al-Sultan bin al-Sultan (transl. the Sultan, son of a Sultan, son of a Sultan), Sultan-us-Salatin (transl. the Sultan of Sultans).

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