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Banglapedia reference on the Ekdala fort context used in describing Delhi's Bengal campaigns.

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1353-1359

Ilyas Shah vs Delhi Sultanate Conflict

After Bengal's unification, Sultan Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah faced Firuz Shah Tughlaq's Bengal campaign of 1353-54 and withdrew into the fort of Ekdala. A second Delhi expedition in 1359-60, after Ilyas Shah's death, again failed to secure lasting control over Bengal.