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The Bengal Sultanate in the 1460s
In the 1460s, the Bengal Sultanate under Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah (r. 1459–1474) remained independent, capital at Gaur (Lakhnauti), with Persian-…
Timeline
- 1461–1463Gaur · BengalBetween 1461 and 1463, Barbak Shah consolidated his succession in Gaur, continuing the governance traditions of his father Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, stabilizing the court and the provincial iqtadar (governor) system, and ushering the Bengal Sultanate into a period of relative peace and growth.
- 1464–1467Gaur · BengalBetween 1464 and 1467, Barbak Shah sponsored Bengali and Persian literary creation at court, with poets such as Vidyapati and Maladhar Basu enjoying his patronage. Administrative documents used both Persian and Bengali, reflecting the cultural fusion of a local Islamic polity.
- 1468–1470Hooghly estuary · Bay of BengalBetween 1468 and 1470, Bengal maintained links with Indian Ocean trade networks through estuary ports such as Hooghly, with occasional border friction and trade with Orissa's Gajapati kingdom and the Arakan kingdom. Exports of silk, cotton, and saltpeter kept Gaur economically prosperous.
Sources
- The History of Bengal, Volume II: Muslim Period (1200–1757) — R. C. Majumdar (1973)
- Bengal Under the Lodis, 1455–1526 — Abdul Karim (1965)