Husain Shah of Jaunpur

Husain Shah of Jaunpur
6th Sultan of Jaunpur
Reign1458 – 1479
PredecessorMuhammad Shah
SuccessorSultanate abolished
Barbak Lodi (as governor)
Died1505
SpouseBibi Khunza
FatherMahmud Shah
MotherBibi Raji

Husain Shah Sharqi was the sixth and last sultan of the Jaunpur Sultanate.

A son of Mahmud Shah, he succeeded his brother Muhammad Shah in 1458. Husain was an ambitious ruler and began a policy of expanding his kingdom. After initial successes at Orissa and Gwalior, he began a long campaign against the Delhi Sultanate.

In 1479, he was forced to flee Jaunpur and remained in Kahalgaon in Bihar where he was granted asylum. He died in 1505.


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