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Sulaiman Khan Karrani

Sultan of Bengal from 1565 to 1572

Field	Value
name	Sulaiman Karrani
succession	27th Sultan of Bengal
reign	1565–11 October 1572
coronation	1565
full name	Sulaiman Khan Karrani
predecessor	Taj Khan Karrani
reg-type	Wazir
successor	Bayazid Khan Karrani
issue	Bayazid Khan Karrani, Daud and one daughter
regent	Ludi Khan
house	Karrani
death_date	11 October 1572
death_place	Tanda, Bengal Sultanate
date of burial	October 1572
place of burial	Tanda, Bengal Sultanate
religion	Sunni Islam
module	{{Infobox military person
embed	yes
battles	Bengal Sultanate conquest of Orissa (1568)
War with Kuch Kingdom (1568)

| reg-type = Wazir War with Kuch Kingdom (1568) Sulaiman Khan Karrani (, ; reigned: 1565–1572) was an Afghan Sultan of Bengal. He ascended to the throne after the death of his brother Taj Khan Karrani. According to the Riyaz-us-Salatin, he shifted the seat of government from Gaur to Tanda. His kingdom stretched from frontier of Koch Kingdom to Puri in Odisha and from the Brahmaputra to Son River bordering the Mughal Empire.

Sulaiman, his brother Taj and Sulaiman's sons Bayazid and Daud Khan Karrani ran a short-lived Afghan vassal state of Mughal emperor Akbar in Bengal. They dominated the area while Sulaiman paid homage to the Akbar. The Afghans defeated by Akbar began to flock under his flag. The Afghans were not technically the rulers of Bengal, the post was primarily nominal.

Relation with Akbar

Sulaiman Khan Karrani did not establish his own coinage during his reign, an act that would have been tantamount to declaring statehood to the ruling Mughals. He also honoured Akbar as the supreme ruler of Bengal by requiring that mosques read Akbar's name in the Khutbah, the sermon at the Friday congregational prayers in Bengal. Historians cite these acts as keeping the diplomatic peace between Bengal and Mughal Empire during Akbar's lifetime. This success was possible due to his wazir, Ludi Khan.

Reign

Conquest of Odisha

Main article: Bengal Sultanate conquest of Orissa

Northern India and parts of southern India were ruled by the Muslim rulers before they conquered Odisha. In 1568 Sulaiman Khan sent his son Bayazid Khan Karrani and the general Kalapahad (Kala Pahar) against Mukunda Deva, the king of Utkal Odisha. After a few major battles against the Odias, and aided by civil war elsewhere in Odisha, Sulaiman was able to bring the entire area under his rule. Kalapahad took Puri under control and the Jagannath temple without any resistance. The inhabitants of Puri disbelieved saying,

A large number of people took shelter. Kalapahad seized the temple and dismantled the temple of Jaganath. Sulaiman Karrani appointed Ismail Khan Lodhi as Governor of Odisha and Qutlu Khan Lohani as Governor of Puri respectively.

War with Kuch Kingdom

The Kuch kingdom bordered with Bengal Sultanate on the south and Ahom Kingdom on the east. In 1568, the Kuch king Nara Narayan (), invaded the dominions of Sulaiman Shah. His general prince Shukladhwaja surnamed Chila Rai was defeated and captured by the Afghans. The Bengal army penetrated as far as Tezpur, destroying temples at Kamakhya, Hajo and others. Sulaiman laid siege on Kuch capital but withdrew upon hearing invasion from Odisha. Chila Rai was set free after few years of captivity.

Religion

Sulaiman was a devout Muslim and built the Sona mosque in old Maldah. He patronised Muslim scholars, implemented Quranic law of conduct and upheld justice.

Death and succession

Sulaiman Karrani died on 11 October 1572, leaving his empire to his son, Bayazid Khan Karrani. He was buried in Tanda, the capital of his Sultanate.

before=Taj Khan Karrani| title=Karrani dynasty| years=1565-1572| after=Bayazid Khan Karrani}}

References

Bibliography

References

Eaton, Richard M.. (1993). "The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760". University of California Press.
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Sarkar. 1943
Hasan, Perween. (2007). "Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh". I.B.Tauris.
{{cite Banglapedia. Ahmed, ABM Shamsuddin
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{{Harvard citation no brackets. Sarkar. 1943
Abul Fazl Allami (translated by H. Blochman). (1873). "Ain i Akbari".
{{Harvard citation no brackets. Sarkar. 1943
{{cite Banglapedia. Ibrahim, Muhammad

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