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Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah

r. 1519–1533 · 16th century · Also known as Nusrat Shah

Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah was sultan of Bengal from 1519 to 1533, the son of Alauddin Husain Shah. He supported the Afghan chiefs of Bihar against the Mughals and lost to Babur at the Battle of Ghaghra in 1529, then made peace. A patron of Bengali literature, he built the Bara Sona Mosque at Gaur and the Qadam Rasul shrine. He was assassinated in 1533.

Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah
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