Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation
| Bengal–Jaunpur confrontation | |||||||
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Bengal Sultanate (House of Ganesha) Supported by: Oiniwar Dynasty Diplomatic support: Timurid Empire Ming China |
Jaunpur Sultanate Supported by: Ilyas Shahi dynasty | ||||||
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Raja Ganesha Kans Shah Shiva Simha Singh |
Ibrahim Shah Nur Qutb Alam | ||||||
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The Bengal-Jaunpaur war was an early 15th-century conflict that stemmed from the Jaunpur Sultanate's opposition to the overthrowing of the Bengal Sultanate's founding dynasty, the Ilyas Shahi, by Raja Ganesha. After diplomatic pressure from the Timurid and Ming empires and direct combat support of Shivasimha, the King of Mithila. Jaunpur's sultan Ibrahim Shah Sharqi was convinced to abstain from attacking Bengal.