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Daud Khan Karrani

d. 1576 · 16th century

Daud Khan Karrani was the last Afghan sultan of Bengal, of the Karrani dynasty, ruling from 1572. He provoked a war with Akbar by attacking a Mughal fort, lost Patna and Bihar in 1574 and submitted after the Battle of Tukaroi in 1575. He rebelled again and was defeated and executed after the Battle of Rajmahal in 1576, ending independent Afghan rule in Bengal.

Daud Khan Karrani
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