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his second son Bughra Khan, or Naqiruddin Mahmud, and returned to 
Dihli, where he soon afterwards died. 
Bug-lira Khan was succeeded in the government of Bengal by his sons, 
who resided chiefly at L'ak’hnauti. About A. D. 1318, Shihabuddin Bughra 
Shah obtained the throne. His reign is believed to have been short. His 
brother Ghiyasuddin Bahadur deposed him, and assumed the title of 
Bahadur Shah. The deposed monarch retired to Dihli, and secured the 
intervention of Ghiyasuddin Tughluqshah on his behalf. In 1323, the 
emperor in person advanced with an army to Sunargaon. The usurper 
submitted, and was sent with a rope round his neck to Dilhi. An adopted 
son of the emperor, Bath Khan, was left in charge of Sunargaon with the 
title of Bahram Khan. He is said to have ruled his province “ with much 
equity and propriety” for fourteen years. His death, which occurred at 
Sunargaon, is fixed at A. H. 739 (A. D. 1338). From other sources, 
however, we learn that Bahadur Shall struck coins at Sunargaon in A. D. 
1327, on which he acknowledges himself a vassal of Muhammad Tughluq. 
Two years afterwards, the coins bear the impress of his own name. It is 
conjectured that on the accession of Muhammad Tughluq, A. D. 1325, he 
reinstated Bahadur Shall in the government of Sunargaon, and that having 
rebelled again lie was again defeated, and this time put to death. His dead 
body, Ibn Batutah tells us, was flayed, his skin stripped, and in this state 
circulated in all the provinces of the empire as a warning to other governors. 
It was probably at this later date that Bahram Khan was elevated to the 
government of Sunargaon. 
In the following year, Bengal revolted from Muhammad Tughluq. The 
revolt was headed by Fakhruddin Mubarak, who had been 4 silahdar’ or 
armour-bearer, to Bahram Khan, and who now assumed the title of Shah. 
Qadar Khan, Governor of Lak’hnauti, by order of the emperor, advanced 
towards Sunargaon and totally defeated Fakhruddin, and took possession of 
Sunargaon. Fakhruddin, though a fugitive, did not remain idle. He sent 
emissaries into the city who bribed the soldiers to kill Qadar Khan under 
the promise of distributing the treasure among them. The soldiers murder¬ 
ed their commander, and Fakhruddin returning put to death the wives and 
dependents of his rival. From A. D. 1339 to 1349, Mubarak Shah held 
undisputed rule over Sunargaon. He was succeeded by Iklitiyaruddin 
Gliazi Shah, of whom nothing is known. 
In 1341, Ibn Batutah travelled in Bengal, and visited Sunargaon, but 
he gives us no description of the city. He narrates that Shaida, formerly 
a faqir, having been appointed naib of Satgaon, revolted and fled to Sunar¬ 
gaon. Fakhruddin sent an army to besiege the city ; but the inhabitants 
afraid for their lives, seized the unfortunate Shaida, and sent him prisoner to 
the king who put him to death. 
