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1204-1205 Figures

Bakhtiyar Khalji's Conquest of Nadia

Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1204-1205.

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Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji

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Turkic military commander

He led the conquest associated with Nadia in 1204-1205, defeating Sena authority in a major political center and opening a new phase of rule in Bengal.

Late Sena-era Bengal and early Turkic expansion in eastern India.

His campaign marked a durable rupture in Bengal's political order and shaped the transition toward later sultanate-era state formation.

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