History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c10.69

c10.69

A difficulty is presented by the fact that there are coins of one Ikhtiyar-al-Dīn Ghazi Shah struck at Sonargaon in 751—53 A.H., and he is described as Sultan bin Sultan.⁵⁴ No historian has pointed out his relationship to Fakhr-al-Dīn, but the presumption is that there was a close connection between the two kings. The evidence of the coins is against Ibn Batūṭah who says that the only son of Fakhr-al-Dīn was killed by Shaida, but Ibn Batūṭah may have been mistaken in describing the deceased as his only son. The fact that Ikhtiyar-al-Dīn Ghazi Shah issued coins from Sonargaon shows that he had established an independent kingdom in a part of Sonargaon. This he may have done during Fakhr-al-Dīn's life-time.