Habshi dynasty

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The Habshi dynasty was a short-lived ruling house of Abyssinian origin that briefly controlled the Bengal Sultanate in the late 15th century.

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Habshi dynasty canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim dynasty ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
capital Gaur ⓘ
characteristic court intrigues and assassinations ⓘ
short-lived rule ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
currency Tanka ⓘ
endTime 1494 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Abyssinian ⓘ
Habshi ⓘ
firstRuler Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah ⓘ
governmentForm sultanate ⓘ
hasSourceIn Persian chronicles ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
historicalCategory African diaspora in Asia ⓘ
Former monarchies of South Asia ⓘ
Medieval Bengal ⓘ
linked to: medieval India
historicalReputation period of political instability in Bengal ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
notableActivity minting of coins in rulers’ names ⓘ
notableRuler Saifuddin Firuz Shah ⓘ
Shamsuddin Ghiyasuddin Shah ⓘ
Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah ⓘ
originOfRulingElite Abyssinian military slaves ⓘ
overthrownBy Alauddin Husain Shah ⓘ
partOf history of Bengal ⓘ
history of the Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
powerBase Bengal Sultanate military ⓘ
predecessor Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rulingClassBackground Abyssinian-origin slaves and soldiers ⓘ
startTime 1487 ⓘ
successor Hussain Shahi dynasty ⓘ
timePeriod late 15th century ⓘ
titleOfRuler Sultan ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy ⓘ
usedHonorific Ghiyasuddin ⓘ
linked to: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq

Saifuddin ⓘ
Shamsuddin ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Sultanate → dynasty → Habshi dynasty ⓘ
Hussain Shahi dynasty → precededBy → Habshi dynasty ⓘ
Shamsuddin → usedInDynasty → Habshi dynasty ⓘ