House of Ganesha

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The House of Ganesha was a short-lived late 15th-century ruling dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate, known for its Hindu-origin founder Ganesha and the subsequent Islamization and consolidation of power under his successors.

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House of Ganesha canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengal Sultanate dynasty ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
ruling dynasty ⓘ
capital Pandua ⓘ
chronologicalPosition between two phases of Ilyas Shahi rule ⓘ
conflict internal power struggles in Bengal ⓘ
country Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
currency Tanka ⓘ
linked to: tanka
dissolved early 15th century ⓘ
dynasticTitle Sultan of Bengal ⓘ
endTime c. 1435 ⓘ
ethnicContext Bengali ⓘ
founder Ganesha ⓘ
governmentForm sultanate ⓘ
hasMember Ganesha ⓘ
Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah ⓘ
Mahmud (son of Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah) ⓘ
Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah ⓘ
historicalEra Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of religious conversion for political legitimacy in South Asia ⓘ
inception early 15th century ⓘ
languageUsed Persian ⓘ
legitimizationMethod Islamic titulature and coinage ⓘ
support of Muslim religious elites ⓘ
namedAfter Ganesha ⓘ
notableFor Hindu-origin founder ruling a Muslim sultanate ⓘ
Islamization of the dynasty under successors ⓘ
consolidation of power in Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
overthrowBy restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
partOf medieval Bengal polities ⓘ
politicalStatus independent sultanate ⓘ
predecessor Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousOrigin Hindu ⓘ
sourceType medieval chronicles ⓘ
numismatic evidence ⓘ
startTime c. 1414 ⓘ
successor Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
territoryIncludes Gauda ⓘ
parts of present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
parts of present-day West Bengal ⓘ

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Ilyas Shahi dynasty → followedBy → House of Ganesha ⓘ