Alauddin Husain Shah
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Ala-ud-din Husain Shah was an independent late medieval Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate, who founded the Hussain Shahi dynasty. He became the ruler of Bengal after assassinating the Abyssinian Sultan, Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah, whom he had served under as wazir.
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One of the first mosques built by Husain Shah, the Kherur Mosque, in Chandpara, where he reportedly spent much of his childhood.
The Panbari Mosque was thought to have been built by Husain Shah to commemorate the Kamata victory.
Map of the Hussain Shahi dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate
Choto Shona Mosque built during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah
The gateway to the tomb of Husain Shah at Gaur, an etching by James Moffat after Henry Creighton, c. 1808.
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Ala-ud-din Husain Shah was an independent late medieval Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate, who founded the Hussain Shahi dynasty. He became the ruler of Bengal after assassinating the Abyssinian Sultan, Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah, whom he had served under as wazir. After his death in 1519, the oldest surviving of his sons Nusrat Shah succeeded him. Alauddin Husain Shah is regarded as one of the greatest rulers in Bengali history, and the reigns of Husain Shah and Nusrat Shah are generally regarded as the "golden age" of the Bengal Sultanate.
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