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Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah was the last sultan of the Husain Shahi dynasty of Bengal, reigning from 1533 to 1538. He came to power by killing his nephew and faced the Afghan leader Sher Khan Sur, who defeated his army at Surajgarh in 1534 and took Gaur in 1538, despite help from Portuguese mercenaries. He fled and died soon afterwards.
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