Nuruddin Sikandar Shah (Bengali: নূরউদ্দীন সিকান্দর শাহ, Persian: نور الدین سکندر شاه) was the Sultan of Bengal in 1481 CE for a brief number of days.[1]
Following the death of his nephew,[3]Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah, Sikander rose to the throne though he did not retain this position for long. Historians Abdul Karim, Nizamuddin Ahmad and Ghulam Husain Salim indicate that Sikandar held the title for only a day or two, being removed almost immediately after his ascension because of his "lack of mental equilibrium". Banglapedia considers that Sikandar lost the confidence of the court nobles. Others suggest that his time as Sultan may have lasted for as long as two months.[1]
Legacy
Not much was known about Sikandar Shah for centuries other than a brief mentions of him in texts such as the Riyaz-us-Salatin where he is incorrectly referred to as the son of his predecessor.[4] Recently, coins of Sikandar Shah minted from Dār ad-Darb (Treasury) were discovered in Mathanguri, Baksa, Assam. One coin is preserved in Münzkabinett, Dresden Castle, Germany while three can be found in Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka.[5]
^Sinha, Sutapa (2012). "Coin Hoard and Small Finds of the Sultans of Bengal in theCollection of Assam State Museum, Guwahati, Assam". Numismatic Digest. 36–37. Numismatic Society of Bombay: 103–107.
