Ruler · 1335 – 1390

Sikandar Shah

Lived 1335 – 1390. Sultan of Bengal of Bengal Sultanate, 1358 – 1390.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1335 – 1390; 55 years
In office: 32 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Bengal Sultanate
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of Bengal

Bengal Sultanate · the 2nd of 11 dated reigns · 1342 – 1576

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah1342 – 1358

Sikandar Shah1358 – 1390

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah1390 – 1411

Saifuddin Hamza Shah1411 – 1413

Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah1413 – 1414

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Reigned 1358 – 1390 · 32 years · came to it aged 23

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

At the Battle of Goalpara, near the capital Pandua, Sikandar Shah was killed by the forces led by his son, despite his son's orders that his father, the Sultan, should not be harmed in any way.

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