Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah
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Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah was the brother and successor of Sultan
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
. He ruled Bengal
for 3 years before he died in 1563.
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II was an independent ruler of Bengal. He was the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Mahmud Shah.-History:Bahadur Shah came to power after deposing the governor Shahbaj Khan...
. He ruled Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
for 3 years before he died in 1563.