Sultanate of Jaunpur
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| 1394-1479 | |||||
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| Capital | Jaunpur | ||||
| Form of government | sultanate | ||||
| founding | 1394 | ||||
| resolution | 1479 | ||||
| State religion: Islam. Dynasty: Sharqi |
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The Sultanate of Jaunpur in northern India , which existed from 1394 to 1479, was led by members of the Sharqi dynasty .
history
The Sultanate of Jaunpur emerged against the background of a continuing weakening of the Sultanate of Delhi , which was ruled by the Turkish-born Tughluq dynasty , in the late 14th century. As the founder of the Sultanate applies Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik Sarwar, one of former minister ( Wazir ) with the honorary title Malik-us-Sharq , which dissolve in the year 1394 by the Sultanate of Delhi and in subsequent years its sphere also over parts of Avadh expand could. His adopted son Malik Qaranfal, who assumed the honorary title of Mubarak Shah , succeeded him in 1399, followed by his brother Ibrahim Shah (honorary title: Shams-ud-Din Mubarak Shah ), who ruled from 1402 to 1440 and made the sultanate a cultural and economic one Blossomed. He was followed by his son Bhikhan (ruled 1440-1457), whose honorary title was Muhammad Shah ; However, in 1457 he had to surrender to an attack by Bahlul Lodi , the sultan of Delhi who had ruled since 1451 . The last Sharqi ruler was Hussain Khan (honorary title: Hussain Shah ), who held power from 1458 to 1479, but was ultimately defeated by Bahlul Lodi, who reunited the Sultanate of Jaunpur with the Sultanate of Delhi.
Arts and Culture
Under the Sharqi sultans, Jaunpur experienced a heyday in education as well as in architecture and music - the city was known as the "Shiraz of India". Hussain Shah, the last sultan of Jaunpur, was active as a composer and designed melodies in the style of the Hindu ragas . The three most important mosques of this time are the Atala Mosque , the Lal Darwaja Mosque and the Friday Mosque .
literature
- VD Mahajan: History of Medieval India , Part I, S.Chand & Co., New Delhi 1991 (reprint 2007), pp. 264–266, ISBN 81-219-0364-5 .
- Muzaffar Husain Syed, Syed Saud Akhtar, BD Usmani (eds.): A Concise History of Islam - The Jaunpur Sultanate , Vij Books India, 2011 p. 267ff
