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Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the founder of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and of the independent Bengal Sultanate. Ruler of Lakhnauti, he conquered Satgaon and the Sonargaon Sultanate and in 1352 united Bengal as a single state, taking the title Shah-i-Bangalah. He withstood a siege at Ekdala by the Delhi sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq in 1353, securing Bengal's independence.
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