Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War

Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War
Date	1415-1420[1]
Location	Eastern Indian subcontinent (now Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal)
Result	Bengal Sultanate victory
Belligerents
Bengal Sultanate; Diplomatic support:; Timurid Empire; Ming China	Jaunpur Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah	Ibrahim Shah

The Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War was a conflict between the Bengal Sultanate and the Jaunpur Sultanate in the Indian subcontinent. The conflict ended after diplomatic pressure from the Timurid Empire and the Ming Empire.

Background

The Jaunpur Sultanate challenged the rule of Raja Ganesha who usurped the throne of Bengal after the overthrowing the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. Raja Ganesha was later removed as a result. But his son later took the throne and converted to Islam.

Conflict

Ibrahim Shah of Jaunpur continued to attack the Bengal Sultanate under Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah.

Foreign mediation

A diplomat in the court of Shahrukh Mirza recorded that the Timurid ruler of Herat intervened during the Bengal-Jaunpur conflict after a request from the Sultan of Bengal. The record speaks of Shahrukh Mirza "directing the ruler of Jaunpur to abstain from attacking the King of Bengal, or to take the consequence upon himself. To which the intimation of the Jaunpur ruler was obedient, and desisted from his attacks upon Bengal".^[1] Records from Ming China state that the Yongle Emperor also mediated between Jaunpur and Bengal after the Bengali ambassador in his Peking court complained of the conflict.^[2]

Aftermath

The conflict resulted in peace between Bengal and Jaunpur. In 1494, Jaunpur Sultan Husayn Shah Sharqi took shelter in Bengal due to attacks from the Delhi Sultanate.^[3]

References

1 2 Richard M. Eaton (31 July 1996). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. University of California Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-520-20507-9.
↑ The Bengali envoy....complained at the Ming court. In the 9th moon, the Ming ... The "Zhaonapuer"Jaunpur troops withdrew from Bengal. (Here is a unique episode of China's mediating in the conflict between two Indian states.Chung Tan; Yinzeng Geng; Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture (1 January 2005). India and China: twenty centuries of civilization interaction and vibrations. Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations. p. 361. ISBN 978-81-87586-21-0.
↑ Perween Hasan (15 August 2007). Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh. I.B.Tauris. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-84511-381-0.

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[Eaton1996-1] 1 2 Richard M. Eaton (31 July 1996). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760. University of California Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-520-20507-9.

[2] The Bengali envoy....complained at the Ming court. In the 9th moon, the Ming ... The "Zhaonapuer"Jaunpur troops withdrew from Bengal. (Here is a unique episode of China's mediating in the conflict between two Indian states.Chung Tan; Yinzeng Geng; Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture (1 January 2005). India and China: twenty centuries of civilization interaction and vibrations. Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations. p. 361. ISBN 978-81-87586-21-0.

[Hasan2007-3] Perween Hasan (15 August 2007). Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh. I.B.Tauris. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-84511-381-0.