Bengal Sultanate

The Bengal Sultanate was a late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region in the eastern South Asia between the 14th and 16th centuries. It was the dominant power of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, with a network of mint towns spread across the region. The Bengal Sultanate had a circle of vassal states in the Indian subcontinent, including Arakan in the southeast, and Tripura in the east.

Bengal Sultanate at its greatest extent.

Notes

  1. ↑ (Middle Bengali: বাঙ্গালা সালতানাত, Classical Persian: سلطنت بنگاله‎)

References

  1. ↑ "History". Banglapedia. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017. Shah-i-Bangalah, Shah-i-Bangaliyan and Sultan-i-Bangalah
  2. ↑ Keat Gin Ooi (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. ABC-CLIO. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-57607-770-2. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Richard M. Eaton (1996). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. University of California Press. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-520-20507-9. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2019.