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Hoshang Shah

Type Figure Region Central India Time c. 1370–1435 Also known as Hoshang Shah

Hoshang Shah (r. c. 1405–1435, d. 1435), second ruler of the Malwa Sultanate, famed for grand building at Mandu, known as the 'Versailles of India'.

Timeline

  1. 1421–1430Mandu · Madhya PradeshHoshang Shah continued to expand palaces, mosques, and city walls at Mandu, turning the hill city into Malwa's political and cultural center, while maintaining suzerainty over surrounding vassals and control of foreign trade routes.
  2. 1431–1435Mandu · Madhya PradeshIn his later years Hoshang Shah still resided in Mandu directing state affairs, died in 1435, and was buried in the Hoshang Shah Tomb at Mandu, succeeded by his son Muhammad Shah I.

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