The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.435

v3.c20.435

In 1338-39 Bahrām Khān, governor of Eastern Bengal, died, and an officer of his troops proclaimed his independence in that province under the title of Fakhr-ud-dīn Mubārak Shāh. The tortuous course of events in Bengal which resulted in the death of Qadr Khān, governor of Lakhnāwatī and in the establishment of Fakhr-ud-dīn Mubārak in the eastern and of Shams-ud-dīn Iliyās in the western province and finally, in 1352, as sultan of all Bengal will be traced in Chapter XI. Muhammad’s activities were paralysed by the blow which he had received in the Himālaya and by the havoc which famine had wrought in his dominions, and he could take no steps to restore his authority in the eastern provinces, so that Bengal was permanently lost to him.