Hoshang Shah

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The Hoshang Shah mausoleum in Mandu is considered a model for the Taj Mahal
Hoshang Shah mausoleum, burial chamber with cenotaph

Hoshang Shah or Hoshang Shah Gori († 1435) was Sultan of Malwa from 1406 until his death in 1435.

biography

Hoshang Shah's father, Dilawar Khan , had been appointed governor of Dhar by Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq (possibly also only by his successor Ghiyas ud din Tughluq II ) . In 1401, however, he effectively broke away from his overlord, relocated the capital from Dhar to the remote Mandu , but did not accept the title of ruler. His son Hoshang Shah eventually poisoned his father, but from 1405/06 continued his independent policy and referred to himself as 'Sultan'. He waged several wars against the Sultanate of Gujarat (1407, 1422) and the Bahmani Sultanate (1428), in which, however, he did not prove to be a gifted strategist - for example, in 1434 he destroyed the 300-year-old dam of King Bhojas near Bhopal . Nevertheless, he managed to enlarge the territory of his empire as a whole.

An episode from the middle of his reign has been handed down: Angry about the ruler there, he rode in 1421 at the head of a troop of 1,000 soldiers - all disguised as merchants - to Jajpur in Odisha to sell horses there. The king wanted to inspect them, but was imprisoned by Hoshang Shah and only released after his promise to hand over 100 of his best elephants to him.

Succession

Hoshang Shah's successor was his son Muhammad, who killed his three brothers but was poisoned only a few months later by his cousin Mahmud Khilji .

buildings

Hoshang Shah was a lover of the arts. Above all, his buildings in Mandu, including the Friday mosque ( Jama Masjid ) and his tomb, which he started and maybe even finished, completely clad in white marble , still testify to his taste. It is said that the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan sent his architects to Mandu to study this mausoleum before they began building the Taj Mahal .

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Commons : Hoshang's Tomb  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Shah, Hoshang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shah Gori, Hoshang (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sultan of Malwa
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1435
Place of death You