Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
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Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II (also Khizr Khan Suri, reigned: 1555-1561) was an independent ruler of Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

. He was the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Mahmud Shah
Muhammad Khan Sur
Muhammad Khan Sur was appointed the governor of Bengal by Sultan Islam Shah Suri of Delhi in 1545. But after the death of the Delhi Sultan in 1554, Muhammad Khan declared independence and styled himself as Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah.-History:During his reign, Muhammad Shah conquered Arakan...

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History

Bahadur Shah came to power after deposing the governor Shahbaj Khan. During his reign Bahadur Shah killed the Delhi Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah in 1557.

Later Bahadur Shah tried to capture Jaunpur
Jaunpur Sultanate
The Jaunpur sultanate was an independent kingdom of northern India between 1394 to 1479, whose rulers ruled from Jaunpur in the present day state of Uttar Pradesh. The Jaunpur sultanate was ruled by the Sharqi dynasty. The Khwajah-i-Jahan Malik Sarwar, the first ruler of the dynasty was a wazir ...

  but he was defeated by the Moghuls.
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