212 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1909. 
Afghans.—In 945 H., Humayin invaded Bengal and occu- 
pied the city when Sher Shah had left it 
after removing all his valuables. 
came to like the city, changed its name to 
Jannatabad ( paradise), and stopped there in pleasure and dissipa- 
tion for three months (four months according to Makhzan-i- 
Ajghani). At length stirred by the success of Mirza Hindal at 
Agra and of Sher Khan at Benares, he marched from Gaur 
leaving Jahangir Kuli Beg in charge. But he was defeated near 
Causa in 946 H. by Sher Shah, who sent his son Jalal against 
Gaur. Jahangir Kuli Beg was defeated and slain, after which 
Sher Shah appointed Khizr Khan Bairak as the first governor. 
Noticing certain signs of insubordination, Sher Shah himself 
proceeded to Bengal in 945 H. (1541 A.D.), and after putting 
Khizr in chains divided Bengal into several provinces with Kazi 
Fazilat or Fazihat as amir. On Sher’s death in 952 H. (1545 
A.D.), his son Islam Shah reverted to the 
old system and appointed his kinsman 
Mubammad Khan Sur as governor 
coins of Sher and Islim as yet found have the mint names 
Satgaon and Sharifabad two sarkars of west Bengal. Sher’s 
coins of Sharifabad and Satgaon date from 946 H.! 
When Islam Shah died in 960 H. (1553 A.D.), Mubammad 
-, . han assumed independance under the 
ae ee — title of Shamsu-d-din Muhammad Shah 
thazi. His extant coins are dated 962 H., 
and bear the mint-names Satgaon, and Arakan,’ the last signify- 
ing that he had conquered this kingdom in the extreme south- 
east. Muhammad was defeated and slain by Himu, the Hindu 
general of Muhammad ’Adil Shah of 
Delhi, in 963 H. (1555-6 A.D.). His son 
Khizr Khan then became Sultan as Ghi- 
yagu-d-din Bahadir Shah, and attacking Mubammad ’ Adil 
Jalal shah, near Monghyr killed him in 964 H., in 
968—970 (?) H. the second year of Akbar’s reign 
(1557 A.D.). Bahadir’s coins go down 
to 968 H.’ when he died and was succeeded by his brother 
io Jalal Shah, whose coins exist up to 970 H. (1562 
Sher Shah, 
946—952 H 
Islam Shah, 
952—960 H 
Bahadur Shah II, 
963—968 H. 
1 For Sher’s coins of 946 H.,. Chronicles B 
= * , p- 400, No. 351, J.A.8.B., 
Lee ’ ban old I.M.C.,p. 87, No. 13418, new LM.C., ii, p. 88, No. 
? 0. 
2 For Satgion coin, J.A.8.B.. 1880 = ii 
» JA, D., » p. 84; for Araékan I.M.C., 0, 
p- 180, No. 229, and probably M ; 300, 
mis ; Arkat, pr y Marsden, quoted in J.A.S.B, 1875, p. 
Bahadur’s coin of 968 H., J.A.8.B., 1875, p. 300, I.M.C., ii 
; “9 -A.95.D., » P-« , AVL. eg Thy 
E haps: 233, Lah, M.C., p. 116. The Lahore Museum has got the 
ae sce Copper coin known, viz., of this Sultan (p. 117). 
No ie 8 coin of 970 H., P.A.S.B., 1891, p. 134, I.M.C., ii, p. 181, 
