1S75.] H. Blochmann — History and Geography of Bengal. — No. III. 295 



91S Khizr Khan deposed by Sher Shah at Gaur. Bengal divided into dis- 

 tricts, each under an Amir, under the am'mship of Qazi Fazilat. 

 952, 12th Kabi' I, or 3rd June 1545. Sher Shah dies, and is buried at 

 Sahasram, South Bihar. He is succeeded by his younger son Jalal 

 Khan, who assumes the title of Jalaluddi'n Abul Muzaffar Isla'm 



Shall. 

 Qazi Fazilat, Amin of Bengal, deposed. 

 Muhammad Khan S u r appointed governor of Bengal and 



North Bihar. 

 Miyan Sulaiman Kararani appointed governor of South Bihar. 

 960 Islam Shah dies. He is succeeded by Mubariz Khan, son of Nizam 

 Khan, under the title of Abul Muzaffar Muhammad 'A'dil Shah, urf 

 'Adli. 



Muhammad Khan Sur Gaur i ah (i.e., governor of Bengal) 

 refuses to acknowledge him, and makes himself king of Bengal. 



960 to 962, Shamsuddi'n Abul Muzaffar Muhammad Sha'h, kino- 

 of Bengal. He invades Jaunpur, and marches on Kalpi. 



962 Battle ofChhapparghattah, east of Kalpi, on the Jamuna, 

 between 'Adli and Muhammad Shah of Bengal. Muhammad Shah 

 defeated and killed. The Bengal troops retire to Jhosi, on the left bank 

 of the Ganges, opposite Ilahabad, where Khizr Khan, son of Muhammad 

 Shah, celebrates his julus and assumes the title of Bahadur Shah. 

 962 to 968, Baha'dur Sha'h, king of Bengal and North Bihar. 

 N a r a N a r a y a n, Baja of Koch Bihar. 

 Miyan Sulaiman Kararani still holds South Bihar. 

 [963 Accession of Akbar.] 



961 Battle near Surajgarh, west of Munger. 'Adli defeated and killed 

 by Bahadur Shah, assisted by Sulaiman Kararani. 



968 Bahadur Shah dies. He is succeeded by his brother, who assumes the 



title of Jalal Shah. 

 968 to 971, G-hiya'suddi'n Abul Muzaffar Jala'l Sha'h, king of Ben- 

 gal. 

 Sulaiman Kararani still holds South Bihar. 

 971 Jalal Shah of Bengal dies. He is succeeded by his son whose name 

 is unknown. The son is killed, and the government is usurped by 

 one Ghiyasuddin. 

 971 Sulaiman Khan of South Bihar sends his elder brother Taj Khan 

 Kararani to Gaur. He kills the usurper Ghiyas, and establishes him- 

 self in Gaur. 

 971 to 972, Taj Khan Kararani, governor of Bengal on the part of 



his brother. Dies in 972. 

 971 to 980, Sulaima'n Kha'n Karara'ni' rules over Bengal and Bihar 



