The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c24.10

v3.c24.10

The history of Bengal during the period immediately preceding and following Bahrām’s death in 1336 is extraordinarily obscure. Bahrām either died a natural death or was slain by his chief armour-bearer, who had acquired great influence in the state and on his master’s death assumed in Sonārgāon the royal title of Fakhr-ud-dīn Mubārak Shāh. In 1339 Qadr Khān died at Lakhnāwatī, and the muster-master of his forces caused himself to be proclaimed king of Western Bengal under the title of ‘Alā-ud-dīn ‘Alī Shāh, and removed his capital from Lakhnāwatī to Pāndua.