Twilight of the Sultanate c14.s3.17

c14.s3.17

⁵⁴ During the reign of Ahmad Shāh of Bengal (1431-1442) Ibrāhīm Sharqī of Jaunpur invaded Bengal. Ahmad Shāh sent ’Abdul Karīm Hājī to Shāh Rukh, the successor of Tīmūr residing at Herat, with an appeal for help. The ambassador was received well. Shāh Rukh sent Maulānā ’Abdul Rahīm with a letter to Sultan Ibrāhīm. The latter received the letter with much respect and never afterwards invaded Bengal, and the relations of Jaunpur and Bengal remained cordial thereafter. The letter is cited in *Ferishta* and the circumstances of the embassy are given in the *Matlaus S’adain*. It may not be out of place here to continue the activities of the Iranian ambassador. He went to Malabar from Bengal, but was shipwrecked in the vicinity of Calicut. He was hospitably received by the Zamorin, who along with the Iranian sent an envoy to the court of Herat. It was to repay this compliment that Shāh Rukh sent in A. D. 1442 (846 H) Maulānā 'Abdurrazzāq to Calicut, whence he was invited to Vijāyanagar of which he has given a graphic account in the *Matlaus S'adain*. See *Annual Asiatic Register* of 1800. Also Stewart, *History of Bengal*, 96-99.