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❦Alauddin Husain Shah
Sultan associated with the high phase of the Hussain Shahi period
A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Biography
Context
In the context of Referenced in relation to major transitions in sovereignty, administration, or resistance politics in Bengal., Alauddin Husain Shah is recognized as Sultan associated with the high phase of the Hussain Shahi period. A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Contribution
Alauddin Husain Shah played a notable role in Bengal's changing political order and regional power dynamics.
Impact
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc.
Timeline Placement
Alauddin Husain Shah appears in 2 linked timeline events, spanning 1494 - 1519-1533.
First Appearance
1494
Latest Appearance
1519-1533
Active Span
1494 - 1519-1533
Linked Events
2
Legacy Summary
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc. This influence is reflected across 2 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
A History of Bangladesh
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
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Alauddin Husain Shah
Banglapedia biographical overview of Alauddin Husain Shah, founder of the Husain Shahi ruling line in Bengal.
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History
General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
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Husain Shah
Banglapedia profile of Alauddin Husain Shah, useful for the Husain Shahi dynasty in Bengal (1494-1538), rulers, and dynastic chronology.
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Riyaz-us-Salatin: A History of Bengal
A key Persian chronicle of Muslim rule in Bengal from the conquest of Nadia in 1204-05 to Plassey in 1757.
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State Formation in Bengal
Banglapedia reference on state formation, including the Bengal Sultanate phase and its institutional profile.
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