Tughlaq Tamar Khan was the governor of Oudh and 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...

 during the reign of Sultan Aluddin Masud Shah

Ala ud din Masud

Ala ud din Masud was the seventh sultan of the Mamluk dynasty . He was the son of Rukn ud din Firuz and the nephew of Razia Sultan . After his predecessor, Muiz ud din Bahram, was murdered by the army in 1242 after years of disorder, the chiefs chose for him to become the next ruler...

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History

In 1246 Tughral Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...

, the governor of Bengal, was under attack by the Orians. The then governor of Oudh, Tamar Khan, was sent to 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...

 to help Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...

. The Oriya army fled before the Delhi army reached 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...

. Tughlaq Tamar Khan vied for power with Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...

 and a civil war broke out. Tamar Khan himself assumed the power by defeating Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan

Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...

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In 1247 Tamar Khan died after ruling only for 2 years.

See also

• List of rulers of Bengal
• History of Bengal
  History of Bengal
  The history of Bengal includes modern day Bangladesh and West Bengal, dates back four millennia. To some extent, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers separated it from the mainland of India, though at times, Bengal has played an important role in the history of India.- Etymology :The exact origin...
  
  
• History of Bangladesh
  History of Bangladesh
  The history of Bangladesh as a nation state began in 1971, when it seceded from Pakistan. Prior to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, modern-day Bangladesh was part of ancient, classical, medieval and colonial India....
  
  
• History of India
  History of India
  The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75,000 years ago, or with earlier hominids including Homo erectus from about 500,000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from...