Sulaiman Khan Karrani

Names
	Sulaiman Khan Karrani

Sulaiman Karrani
Sulaiman Karrani
27th Sultan of Bengal
Reign	1565–11 October 1572
Coronation	1565
Predecessor	Taj Khan Karrani
Successor	Bayazid Khan Karrani
Died	11 October 1572; Tanda, Bengal Sultanate
Burial	October 1572; Tanda, Bengal Sultanate
Issue	Bayazid, Daud and one daughter
Names
Names
	Sulaiman Khan Karrani
House	Karrani
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Battles/wars	Bengal Sultanate conquest of Orissa;

Sulaiman Khan Karrani (Bengali: সুলায়মান খান কররানী, Persian: سليمان خان کرانی; reigned: 1565–1572) was an Afghan Sultan of Bengal. He ascended to the throne after the death of his brother Taj Khan Karrani.^[1] According to the Riyaz-us-Salatin, he shifted the seat of government from Gaur to Tanda.^[2]

Sulaiman, his brother Taj and Sulaiman's sons Bayazid and Daud Khan Karrani ran a short-lived Afghan vassal state of Mughal emperor Akbar in Bengal. They dominated the area while Sulaiman paid homage to the Akbar. The Afghans defeated by Akbar began to flock under his flag. The Afghans were not technically the rulers of Bengal, the post was primarily nominal.

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^ Eaton, Richard M. (1993). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 140–2. ISBN 0-520-20507-3.

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[2] Eaton, Richard M. (1993). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 140–2. ISBN 0-520-20507-3.

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