Raja Ganesha

Raja Ganesha
Raja Ganesha
King of Bengal
	A sketch of Raja Ganesha on the cover of a late 19th-century Bengali work, Raja Ganesh
Sultan of Bengal
Reign	1414–1415
Predecessor	Alauddin Firuz Shah I
Successor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Reign	1417–1419
Predecessor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Successor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Born	Ganesh Dinaraj Roy; Bhavaniganj, Bengal Sultanate
Died	c. 1420; Sonargaon, Bengal Sultanate
Spouse	Phuljani, widow of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
Issue	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
House	Ganesha dynasty
Religion	Hinduism

Raja Ganesha was a zamindar ruler and the first Hindu Sultan of the Bengal Sultanate, who took advantage of the weakness of the first Ilyas Shahi dynasty and seized power in Bengal.^[2] Contemporary historians of the medieval period considered him as an usurper. The Ganesha dynasty founded by him ruled over Bengal from 1415−1435.^[3] His name mentioned in the coins of his son, sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah as Kans Jha or Kans Shah.^[4] The Indo-Persian historians mentioned his name as Raja Kans or Kansi.^[5]^[2] A number of modern scholars identified him with Danujamardanadeva, but this identification is not universally accepted.

^ Jagadish Narayan Sarkar, Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal: medieval period (1985), p.52
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.827
^ Eaton, Richard Maxwell. (1993). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Berkeley: California University Press. pp. 60, 60ff. ISBN 0-520-08077-7.
^ Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.205–8

[1] Jagadish Narayan Sarkar, Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal: medieval period (1985), p.52

[:0-2] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p.827

[4] Eaton, Richard Maxwell. (1993). The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Berkeley: California University Press. pp. 60, 60ff. ISBN 0-520-08077-7.

[m1-5] Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2006). The Delhi Sultanate, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, pp.205–8

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Raja Ganesha
King of Bengal
A sketch of Raja Ganesha on the cover of a late 19th-century Bengali work, Raja Ganesh
Sultan of Bengal
Reign	1414–1415
Predecessor	Alauddin Firuz Shah I
Successor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Reign	1417–1419
Predecessor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
Successor	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah

Born	Ganesh Dinaraj Roy Bhavaniganj, Bengal Sultanate
Died	c. 1420 Sonargaon, Bengal Sultanate
Spouse	Phuljani, widow of Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah^[1]
Issue	Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
House	Ganesha dynasty
Religion	Hinduism