The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c16.17

v4.c16.17

Sulaimān Kararānī, who had been governor of Bihār under Sher Shāh, established his independence in Bengal when the power of the Sūr dynasty declined. He had placated Akbar by acknowledging his authority and occasionally sending him tribute, and had died in His elder son, Bāyazīd, who succeeded him, had been put to death, after a reign of a few months, by his turbulent Afghān nobles, who raised to the throne his younger brother Dāūd.