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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